Paul Robeson's Works

Filmography

Robeson as Umbopa in King Solomon's Mine, 1937, from the personal collection of Paul Robeson, Jr.

Body and Soul (1925)
Borderline (1930)
The Emperor Jones (1933)
Sanders of the River (1935)
Song of Freedom (1936)
Show Boat (1936)
Jericho (1937)
Big Fella (1937)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Land of Liberty (1939)
The Proud Valley (1940)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Native Land (1942)

Selected Writings

Here I Stand (1958) "The Culture of the Negro," The Spectator, London, June 15, 1934
"I Want to Be African," What I Want from Life, London, 1934
"Freedom in Their Own Land," National Guardian, December 20, 1948
"I, Too, Am American," Reynolds News, London, February 27, 1949
"Songs of My People," Soviestskaia muzyka, July 1949
Open Letter to President Truman, New Africa, October 12, 1949
"Here's My Story" column, Freedom, 1950-1955
"Bonds of Brotherhood," Jewish Life, November 1954
"Their Victories for Peace Are Also Ours," New World Review, November 1955
"Come and See for Yourself," Moscow News, February 24, 1960

Theatrical Performances

Robeson in 1939 production of The Emperor Jones, from the personal collection of Paul Robeson, Jr.

All God's Chillun Got Wings (Eugene O'Neill)
Basalik (Peter Garland)
Black Boy
The Emperor Jones (Eugene O'Neill)
Hairy Ape (Eugene O'Neill)
Othello (Shakespeare)
Plantation Revue
Plant in the Sun (Ben Bengal)
Roseanne
Show Boat
Shuffle Along
Stevedore (Paul Peters & George Sklar)
Toussaint L'Ouverture (C.L.R. James)
Voodoo (Mary Hoyt Wiborg)

Selected Discography

The Odyssey of Paul Robeson (Vanguard Classics, 1998)
The Peace Arch Concerts [live], (Folk Era 1997)
A Man and His Beliefs (Legacy, 1997)
Collectors Paul Robeson (Monitor 1993)
Paul Robeson (Pearl Flapper, 1993)
A Lonesome Road (ASV/Living Era, 1992)
Green Pastures (ASV/Living Era, 1992)
The Power & the Glory (Sony Music, 1991)
A Man and His Beliefs, Golden Classics Vol. 2 (Collectibles Records, 1991)
Ballad for Americans (Vanguard 1990)
Live at Carnegie Hall May 9, 1958 (Vanguard, 1987)
The Essential Paul Robeson (Vanguard, 1987)
Freedom Train and the Welsh Transatlantic Concert
Legendary Moscow Concert
The Political Years
Songs of Free Men Recital