Big Sea = The Big Sea, An Autobiography
Duberman = Paul Robeson: A Biography
Robeson Speaks = Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, 1918–1974
Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939 = The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist’s Journey, 1898–1939
Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976 = The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: Quest for Freedom, 1939–1976
“I did not…”: Neruda, Pablo. Let the Rail Splitter Awake and Other Poems. New York: International Publishers, 1970, 1988, p. 37.
“I am a Negro”: Robeson, quoted in Here I Stand.
“The origin of…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson Speaks, p. 88.
“Negro spirituals”: Robeson, p. 73, “The Source of Negro Spirituals” (from Robeson Speaks).
“Negro American folk music”: Robeson, 129 (from Robeson Speaks).
“domestic arrest”: Duberman, p. 399.
“I am not being…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 251 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“music event…”: Broun’s son, quoted in Duberman, p. 79.
“paralyzed with…”: Davenport, quoted in Duberman, p. 80.
“It was really…”: Robeson, p. 74 (from Robeson Speaks).
“The liberation theme…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson Speaks, p. 74.
“Go Down, Moses…”: from “Go Down, Moses,” African-American spiritual.
“Brown guided me…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 79.
“monotonous and uninteresting”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 79.
“a perfect combination”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 78.
“as if we were…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 79.
“With all my strength…”: Davenport, quoted in Duberman, p. 80.
“When Israel was…”: from “Go Down, Moses,” African-American spiritual.
“carry him…”: speaker, quoted in Duberman, p. 81.
“unconsciously…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 81.
“Everybody was…”: Duberman, p. 80.
“By ’n’ by…”: from “By ’n’ By,” African-American spiritual.
“simply, unaffectedly, and beautifully…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 42.
“Water boy…”: from “Water Boy,” African-American spiritual.
“Oh yes…”: CD, Paul Robeson, Negro Spirituals (And More), Gospel 2, IODA.
“And the walls…”: from “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho,” African-American spiritual.
“It will…”: quoted in Paul Robeson, Negro, p. 108.
“Paul Robeson’s…”: New York World, quoted in Lubasch, p. 42.
“May I tell you…”: Du Bois, quoted in Duberman, p. 81.
“I couldn’t possibly…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 81.
“Every time I appear…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 80.
“The glory of my…”: Robeson, p. 6 (from Here I Stand).
“No more auction block…”: from “Many Thousand Gone,” African-American spiritual.
“greatest…a deep, sonorous…”: Robeson p. 9 (from Here I Stand).
“voice going down…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 10.
“Almost every Negro…”: Robeson, p. 260 (from Robeson Speaks).
“was always locked…”: Leonard Rivers, quoted by Deborah Yaffe, “Across Nassau Street,” Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 26, 2017, p. 24.
“colored”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 5 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“the defender of justice”: congregant, quoted in Duberman, p. 6.
“shack…so bad…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 21.
“He was still…”: Robeson, Paul, Jr., p. 6 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“little guide and inseparable”: Robeson family friend, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 23.
“I remember her…”: Robeson, p. 7 (from Here I Stand).
“There must have…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 9.
“was crying too…”: Abel, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 148.
“During many of his…”: Robeson, p. 9 (from Here I Stand).
“I remember the cornmeal…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 31.
“I got plenty of…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, pp. 23–24.
“a warmth of song…spirituals.” Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., pp. 8–9 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Nobody knows…”: from “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” African-American spiritual.
“I got a home…”: from “I Got a Home in That Rock,” African-American spiritual.
“I admired this rough…”: Robeson, p. 12 (from Here I Stand).
“Dee-ee-eep river…”: from “Deep River,” African-American spiritual.
“Pop was pleased…”: Robeson, p. 18 (from Here I Stand).
“When Paul cut loose…”: Brown, quoted in Brown, p. 49.
“chording up…”: Ben Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 14.
“Wait a minute…”: Ben Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 14 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“You can sing!”: Robeson, Bill, quoted in Duberman, p. 14.
“making stupid jokes”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 14.
“talent”: Duberman, p. 14.
“good at stopping a man”: speaker, quoted in Duberman, p. 16.
“sweetness and modesty”: high school classmates, quoted in Duberman, p. 12.
“Nervous and…acting again”: Robeson, p. 19 (from Here I Stand).
“and proved a huge hit…”: Duberman, p. 13.
“shied away…social life…dance with me”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 14. (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“All of us were…”: Kershaw, quoted in Brown, p. 50.
“Well, I was…that good!”: Duberman, p. 13.
“Singer? No…. a career”: Robeson, p. 24 (from Here I Stand).
“Warmth of song…. their harmonies”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 9 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I don’t want…made easy”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 17.
“Credit to His Race”: Brown, p. 65.
“Be a credit…”: Watterson, p. 81.
“the Negro problem”: W. E. B. Du Bois quoted in Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped From the Beginning. New York: National Books, 2016, p. 329.
“Here was a decisive…”: Robeson, p. 25 (from Here I Stand).
“an almost unexplainable…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 55.
“stared at him…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 20 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“friendly manner…expressed anger”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 21 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“sings” and “Gopher Dust”: Duberman, p. 574.
“natural singer…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 21 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“their”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 60.
“They didn’t…any more”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 60.
“I was the representative…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 61.
“Kid, if you want…”: Robeson, Bill, quoted in Brown, p. 61.
“That’s when…kill him…the varsity”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 61.
“acting right”: Brown, p. 69.
“I feel sorry…”: Wittpenn, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 54.
“I used to…sing again”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 24.
“They preferred…Paul’s singing”: Neuschafer, quoted in Brown, p. 71.
“Before the service…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 57.
“On my journey…”: from “On My Journey, Mount Zion,” African-American spiritual.
“Everybody knew…each other”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 67.
“keeping company”: Brown, p. 67.
“Negro girls…brown eyes”: Neale, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 63.
“football genius…this season”: sportswriters, quoted in Duberman, p. 22.
“a veritable superman”: Camp, quoted in Duberman, p. 22.
“These one-man…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 32 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I want you to win”: William Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 69.
“Paul stood there…”: Robeson friend, quoted in Duberman, p. 25.
“zeal…his people”: Duberman, p. 30.
“a destiny to fulfill…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 32 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“lovingly prepared…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 32 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“There’s a man”: from “There’s a Man Going Around Taking Names,” African-American spiritual.
“I was not sure…”: Neale, quoted in Duberman, p. 29.
“Who would ever…”: friends of Neale, quoted in Duberman, p. 29.
“he was a man…”: Neale, quoted in Paul Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 46 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Gerry—she was just…for me”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 67.
“We of this less…. opportunities for all.”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, pp. 26–27.
“an era when…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 36 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“the cultured…”: Chinn, quoted in Duberman, p. 33.
“Oh, Danny boy…”: from “Danny Boy,” Irish melody.
“Noisy and childish”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 82.
“I really didn’t know…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 114.
“A Man Was…”: Holland Cotter, “A Memorial to the Lingering of Lynching.” The New York Times, June 1, 2018, p. AR1.
“charmed the crowd”: speaker, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 83.
“was deep into…”: Douglas, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 50 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Then we discovered…”: Higgins, quoted in Brown, p. 111.
“great cavern”: Murray, quoted in Duberman, p. 34.
“Paul was making…engaging smile”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 46 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He was…into song”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 70.
“When she [Essie] saw…”: friend of Eslanda Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 88.
“Harlem’s darling”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Ransby, p. 29.
“a campaign to win…something of him”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 89.
“dragged him in…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 43.
“How I happened…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 89.
“far too dark”: Goode, quoted in Paul Robeson Jr., p. 50 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“The New Negro…”: Goode, quoted in Ransby, p. 25.
“lacked the ambition…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 50 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“aristocratic”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 50 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He suggested that…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 41.
“unsupportive”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 53 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I knew little…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 43.
“stage presence”: press report, Duberman, p. 44.
“rich, mellow”: press report, quoted in Duberman, p. 43.
“that he belonged…”: Duberman, p. 44.
“I never in my life”: Woollcott, quoted in Duberman, p. 44.
“What have you…. fairly famous”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 57 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“It never occurred…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 56 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Brother, you’re…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 58 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He was astonished”: Paul Robeson Jr., p. 58 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“closed her eyes…”: Duberman, p. 44.
“That boy will bear…some personality!”: Blake, quoted in Duberman, p. 45.
“set her mind and heart”: Duberman, p. 44.
“He didn’t want…to the top”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 56 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“We are climbing…”: from “Jacob’s Ladder,” African-American spiritual.
“I had never…. I had left”: Seton, p. 9.
“We don’t allow…”: Williams, quoted in Duberman, p. 34.
“friendly welcome…scholar…. at home”: Robeson, pp. 32–33 (from Here I Stand).
“The play is…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 62 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“To be truthful…”: Duberman, p. 48.
“Mrs. Campbell doesn’t…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 63 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I think that…, come back”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr. pp. 63–64 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“digs”: Seton, p. 11.
“labouring folk…friendliness”: Seton, p. 12.
“Sing it louder…”: Campbell, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 107.
“I was merely singing…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 13.
“The audiences loved…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 120.
“turned into dramatic action”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 107.
“It is the consensus…. more, more”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 64 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“real artist…Othello”: Campbell, quoted in Duberman, p. 50.
“So anxious…help me.”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 50.
“I don’t want…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 63 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“London was the center…ever since”: Robeson, p. 33 (from Here I Stand).
“flat”: Seton, p. 10.
“Steal away…”: from “Steal Away,” African-American spiritual.
“It was this musician…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 123.
“just for…. ever work together”: Seton, p. 10.
“Cheerio, old chap”: Brown, quoted in Brown, p. 122.
“dominating personality…”: theater critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 50.
“You’ll know what…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 64 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“All my questions…. absolutely offguard” Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 51.
“I cried and cried…together”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 51.
“His heart was…”: classmate, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 113.
“He felt he…”: Woollcott, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 70 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He idled away…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 73.
“Something will turn up”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 55.
“inner revelation”: Robeson, Ben, quoted in Duberman, p. 54.
“When important cases…. case”: Patterson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 112.
“I don’t even think…”: Patterson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 113.
“This was an…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 73.
“No one could…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 74.
“I never take…”: stenographer, quoted in Duberman, p. 55.
“If I’m going…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 114.
“any profession where…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 55.
“temperamentally unsuited…”: Salemme, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 114.
“and more…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 77 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Something will…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 75.
“How proud I…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 112.
“All I remember…personality”: Bess Rockmore, quoted in Duberman, p. 55.
“he liked to sing…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 74 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“The gospel train’s a comin’…”: from “The Gospel Train,” African-American spiritual.
“strapping man…”: Philadelphia Record critic, quoted in Lubasch, p. 32.
“extremely interesting”: Philadelphia Record critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 57.
“Riots Feared from…”: New York American, quoted in Duberman, p. 57.
“For days and nights…”: Duberman, p. 59.
“feel his way”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 60.
“I can’t tell…move”: Light, quoted in Duberman, p. 60.
“I am…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 60.
“Then just take…”: Light, quoted in Duberman, p. 60.
“stiff, nervous”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 76 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“easy and natural”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 76 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Paul was superb…defeaning”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 76 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Robeson held his…” New York Telegram, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 76 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“hard worker…studied intensively”: Gilpin, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 76 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“When I went…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 63.
“seemed…applause”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 77 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“genius” and “great actor”: New York World, quoted in Duberman, p. 64.
“a hard play…entertainment”: Budd, quoted in Duberman, p. 65.
“The Ku Klux Klan…”: NAACP reviewer, quoted in Duberman, p. 65.
“I would have more….”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 67.
“In the law…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 37.
“race films”: Lane, on producer Oscar Micheaux (from Black Broadway). p. 55.
“I realized even…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 132.
“Paul’s voice was…”: Hayes, George, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 143.
“He had this presence…”: Salemme, quoted in Duberman, p. 68.
“Just think of…”: Salemme, quoted in Duberman, p. 69.
“I enjoy singing…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 98.
“If I can…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, pp. 97–98.
“Negro Spiritual”: Duberman, image #22.
“I went to see…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 72.
“We wanted supper…discarded”: White, quoted in Lubasch, p. 37.
“fear of insult”: Lubasch, p. 37.
“It is through…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 88 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“The 1920s were….”: Hughes, Langston. p. 223 (from The Big Sea).
“white people began to…”: Hughes, Langston. p. 224 (from The Big Sea).
“It was a…”: Hughes, p. 227 (from The Big Sea).
“singing spirituals…”: Van Vechten, quoted in Duberman, p. 73.
“There, standing on….” and “spontaneous”: Brown, quoted in Seton, p. 35.
“the most humble…beauty”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 87 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Why don’t you…”: Light, quoted in Seton, p. 35.
“threshed out…”: Brown, quoted in Lubasch, p. 39.
“begged for…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 40.
“We all promoted…”: Abel, Walter, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 143.
“We chose what…”: Brown, quoted in Lubasch, p. 41.
“all-Negro music”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 101.
“They were both…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 87 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“When the boys appeared…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 87 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“When Israel…”: from “Go Down Moses,” African American spiritual.
“For I hope…”: from “I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired,” African-American spiritual.
“I’s a sighin’…”: from “L’il Gal,” African-American spiritual.
“If I can…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 97.
“After each number…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 42.
“The boys got curtain…”: Robeson, Eslanda, Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 87 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I simply couldn’t…meaning”: Robeson, p. 77 (from Robeson Speaks).
“nice cozy place”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 87.
“warm and friendly…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 87.
“felt even more…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 110.
“without fear of the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, pp. 110–111.
“wonderful voice”: Boyle & Bunie, p. 162.
“astonishing emotional powers”: Boyle & Bunie, p. 162.
“I am thrilled…has the voice”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 162.
“Mr. Robeson”: Boyle & Bunie, p. 162.
“Why No!…black races”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, pp. 162–163.
“made up his mind…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 123.
“I have just…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 124.
“with every courtesy”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 100.
“I feel awful…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 127.
“I think you ought…”: Brown, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 127.
“was so…nervousness”: Robeson, Eslanda, Paul Robeson, Negro, p. 127–128.
“I’ve married the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 130.
“when Robeson sings…”: Woollcott, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 178.
“I can make…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 179.
“The melody…called inspiration.”: Kern, quoted in Decker, p. 39.
“Robeson recital”: Decker, p. 49.
“White folks…”: Wilkins, quoted in Duberman, pp. 105–106.
“mixed feelings”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 106.
“You know you’re…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 136.
“I’ll take a chance…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 136.
“art”: Lubasch, p. 49.
“I feel that…”: Lubasch, p. 49.
“So hard to…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 143 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He was an…startling”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 137.
“How can that…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 145 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Just you wait…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 148 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“My God, Paul…”: Kern, quoted in Lubasch, p. 53.
“Paul just walked up…”: cast member, quoted in Lubasch, p. 53.
“so trying…a ‘baby’ ”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 114.
“remained superb”: Observer critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 114.
“inept and clumsy”: Sunday Times critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 114.
“good-natured, lolling…”: Amsterdam News critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 114.
“servant class”: Robeson, p. 10 (from Here I Stand).
“You and me…”: from “Ol’ Man River,” Kern, Jerome.
“People went…a knot…. like a child”: actors, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 192.
“Grandma Goode was…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 148 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Brown worked incessantly…. pitch”: Seton, pp. 40–41.
“extremely sensitive to…”: Seton, p. 41.
“Their text is…miracle happening”: Robeson, pp. 73–74 (from Robeson Speaks).
“One of the…”: Robeson p. 75 (from Robeson Speaks).
“know the strong…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 97.
“Water boy…”: from “Water Boy,” African-American spiritual.
“Paul took the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 115.
“sat there in a trance”: Daily Express critic, quoted in Decker, Show Boat, p. 137.
“Ezekiel saw…”: from “Ezekiel Saw the Wheel,” African-American spiritual.
“alight and aflame…. intensity”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 140.
“It looks as…. jugs”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 115.
“bored to death…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 120.
“fantastic religiousness”: Budapest reporters, Boyle & Bunie, p. 209.
“Slav peasant music…. yoke”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 129.
“the largest crowd…‘Robey’ ”: unidentified speaker, quoted in Duberman, p. 125.
“cataclysmic events…. life”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 163 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I don’t know…this power…. I’ll win”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 58.
“Negro”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 137.
“When you shall…”: Shakespeare, William, Othello, Act V, Scene II., p. 153.
“I feel…. of jealousy”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 53.
“When a negro…culmination”: Robeson, p. 67 (from Robeson Speaks).
“I think I’ll…at it.”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, pp. 155–156.
“I know you…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 156.
“All right…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Eslanda, p. 156.
“Here is…work very hard…the fact…white society”: Robeson (from Batten, A Profile of Paul Robeson).
“moving like…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 54.
“Nellie doesn’t…is lost”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 134.
“Mr. Robeson, there are…”: Van Volkenburg, Nellie, quoted in Duberman, p. 134.
“For us young people…”: Ashcroft, quoted in Duberman, p. 134.
“How could one…inevitable”: Ashcroft, quoted in Duberman, p. 140.
“wild with…a patch”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 136.
“started off…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 136.
“frenzy of…”: New York Times, quoted in Lubasch, p. 62.
“Robeson! Robeson!…”: Seton, p. 54.
“I took the part…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 54.
“magnificent…disappointing…soldier”: critics, quoted in Duberman, p. 137.
“glowing notices”: Lubasch, p. 62.
“They caught the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 136.
“fled like…”: actor, quoted in Duberman, p. 138.
“He has been working…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 137.
“liberating…free”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 137.
“by a coloured…Paul Robeson”: Ashcroft, quoted in Duberman, p. 135.
“A rotten parent…dishonest artist”: Duberman, p. 140.
“He must have…there was one”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 140.
“I must have…interested…come out right”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, pp. 141–142.
“secret, mean, low”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 143.
“Paul saw far…”: Robeson, Eslanda, p. 157.
“At first, naturally…he wants”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 144.
“I do so…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 145.
“art songs”: critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“more intelligent…their race”: newspaper reports, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“something beneath their…”: newspaper reports, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“ought to do as many…”: Roberson in an interview with Roy Wilkins, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“Nothing was going…”: Brown, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“Is he fed up…his work?”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 146.
“What I really need…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 147.
“The rehearsals nearly…physical strength”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 148.
“He is using much…strain it”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 148.
“magnificent”: quoted in Duberman, p. 149.
“no voice at all”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 149.
“There is a…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 185 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“The Captive”: Boyle & Bunie, p. 251.
“Paul is behaving…. for him”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 151.
“He wanted to….”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 186 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“played together happily”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 190 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“There’s no hidin’…”: from “There’s No Hidin’ Place Down There,” African-American spiritual.
“no one…back”: Ferber, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 253.
“NOMORESEATS”: Boyle & Bunie, p. 253.
“In all my years…or the opera”: Ferber, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 253.
“they called him…”: quoted in Lubasch, p. 69.
“celestial”: New York Herald Tribune, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 253.
“Mr. Robeson has…”: New York Times, quoted in Lubasch, p. 69.
“not only an…friend”: Pobeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 200 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).“This country is…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 194 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“the greatest…. prejudice…self-respect”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 194 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Paul and I are…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 162.
“the beginning of…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 164.
“I enjoyed long…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 198 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“as a professional team”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 198 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Am terribly happy…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 166.
“I am proud….”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 169.
“I am learning…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., pp. 208–209 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Negro English…homecoming”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 170.
“People almost fought…”: Seton, p. 64.
“A perfect dramatic partnership”: Observer, quoted in Duberman, p. 167.
“Flora Robson makes…”: News-Chronicle, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 205 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“a long way…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 205 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“My whole social…. about Socialism”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 56.
“I’m an artist….”: Seton, p. 68.
“If I allow…”: hotel manager, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 276.
“defiance mixed with fear”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 207 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“the plantation type…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 208 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“human stories”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 169.
“O’Neill does not…. morons”: Rogers, Joel, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 282.
“Coming from the…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 168.
“common humanity”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 77.
“I have had…”: Gershwin, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 215 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“magnificent”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 178.
“much more melody…heritage”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 179.
“I spoke to…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 78.
“For the first…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 179.
“I remember…. person”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 212 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I personally am…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 627.
“I hate the picture”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 182.
“a grand insight…” London Times, quoted in Duberman, p. 180.
“Childlike and…” Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 180.
“Look, we have…”: Duberman, p. 181.
“All money earned…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 627.
“It is not…. and sing”: Robeson, pp. 92 and 94 (from Robeson Speaks).
“was proof of…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 213 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“nightmare”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 78.
“It was like…”: Robeson, quoted in Brown, p. 125.
“Paul said he…brooding look”: Seton, p. 82.
“I feel I need…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 82.
“He strode…deliberation”: Seton, p. 82.
“I thought you…my case…than necessary.”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 82.
“This is like…our heads”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 83.
“fear…fury”: Seton, p. 83.
“They think you…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 83.
“Get on!”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 84.
“I never understood…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 84.
“I find it much…feelings”: Robeson, p. 108 (from Robeson Speaks).
“I would like…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 90.
“The Russians have…”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 303.
“dearest, beloved little…”: Seton, p. 93.
“Meesseesseeppee”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 221 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Only that it…anywhere else”: Robeson, pp. 94–95 (from Robeson Speaks).
“It is the government’s…”: Robeson, p. 95 (from Robeson Speaks).
“He was an…”: Lubasch, “In Harlem With: Paul Robeson Jr.; Finding His Own Voice and Learning to Use It,” New York Times, 1993.
“a new sense of purpose”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 217 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I made it…is the bunk…enough to eat”: Robeson, p. 106 (from Robeson Speaks).
“black Grandfather Frost”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 221 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“sincere friendliness”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 189.
“I feel like…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 95.
“Why, it’s the…”: Robeson, p. 105 (from Robeson Speaks).
“non-political”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 190.
“Deep down inside…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 201.
“When I step…shack”: Robeson, p. 119 (from Robeson Speaks).
“working in brick…”: Robeson quoted in Stewart, Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, p. 180.
“I like singing…. sing”: Robeson, p. 120 (from Robeson Speaks).
“When I sing…working-class”: Robeson, p. 119 (from Robeson Speaks).
“All races all…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 202.
“After the greatest…”: Brown, quoted in Lubasch, p. 75.
“I think my…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 227 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“He chanted Yiddish…”: Marshall, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 311.
“I was tired…. white environment”: Robeson, Paul Jr., pp. 232–233 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“We think the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 195.
“in his soft…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 233 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“They tell me…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 233 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“synching…intimate fashion”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 234 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“opulent spectacular…magnificent in scope”: critics, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 336.
“experiment with…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 234 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“made good on…the household”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 236 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“natives”: Duberman, p. 207.
“thundering good”: Sunday Chronicle, quoted in Lubasch, p. 89.
“South African Jim Crow”: Robeson, p. 307 (from Robeson Speaks).
“Africa was opened…”: Duberman, p. 203.
“Look down…”: Shilkret Nathaniel and Austin, Gene, “Lonesome Road,” 1927.
“Now was not…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 240 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“one of those…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 89.
“steady, trustworthy…”: Duberman, p. 208.
“Slav admiration”: Life magazine, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 280 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I want to be…”: Robeson, p. 88 (from Robeson Speaks).
“In my music…”: Robeson, p. 91 (from Robeson Speaks).
“triumphant black hero”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 281 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“It’s the best…. wonderful place”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 209.
“It’s great fun…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 282 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“almost crumbled…”: Wilcoxon, quoted in Duberman, p. 209.
“spellbound—not moving…silently crying”: Wilcoxon, quoted in Lubasch, p. 93.
“There were tears…”: Wilcoxon, quoted in Duberman, p. 210.
“greatest cause”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 94.
“The cause of…events”: Robeson, p. 117 (from Robeson Speaks).
“Fascism is no…alternative”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 94.
“This is our…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 95.
“safe-conduct orders”: Duberman, p. 215.
“It is not…. in the world”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 216.
“We then went…River”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 96.
“I gets weary…”: Kern, Jerome, and Oscar Hammerstein II, “Ol’ Man River.”
“lit up…drawing you…in”: medical corps sergeant, quoted in Duberman, p. 218.
“which windows would…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 300 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“went wild with joy”: soldiers, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 383.
“a turning point” Robeson, quoted in Lubash, p. 98.
“To me Spain…” Boyle & Bunie, p. 385.
“This is OUR…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 303 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Robeson was not…party”: Robeson acquaintances, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 382.
“It is my…harm”: Robeson’s agent, quoted in Duberman, p. 222.
“From border to…”: from “Border to Border,”: popular Soviet song from the opera Quiet Flows the Don.
“a people’s theatre”: Duberman, p. 223.
“I’ve managed to…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 99.
“stood with tears…”: Scotsman, quoted in Seton, p. 115.
“soon had everyone laughing…”: Empire Exhibition, “Paul Robeson the Attraction,” Scotsman, Friday, Septmber 2, 1938.
“Put on the skillet…”: from “Shortnin’ Bread,” plantation song.
“It was the…for the people”: Brown, quoted in Seton, p. 115.
“dreadful things”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 221.
“innocent people had…war”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 306 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“Gaining equality for…nationality”: Robeson, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 369.
“The politics threatened…a bit”: Robeson’s booking agent, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 369.
“lonesome road”: author quoting lyric from song.
“I myself can scarcely…”: Roosevelt, Franklin, quoted in Giblin, p. 127 (from The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler).
“It is no longer…nationality”: Robeson, p. 131 (from Robeson Speaks).
“I am here…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 228.
“It was the one…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 121.
“nature-cure”: Duberman, p. 231.
“Deep river…”: from “Deep River,” African-American spiritual.
“weakened or changed”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 231.
“Having helped on…”: Robeson, p. 127 (from Robeson Speaks).
“buoyant mood…leadership to his people”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 332 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“I feel closer…”: Robeson, p. 130 (from Robeson Speaks).
“anti-fascist., whether…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 333 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“the communists were…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 332 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1898–1939).
“going overboard…politically”: Robeson’s lawyer, quoted in Boyle & Bunie, p. 404.
“I have never…”: Robinson, Earl, quoted in Duberman, p. 236.
“reflected his [Robeson’s]…”: Brown, quoted in Seton, p. 127.
“Man in white…AMERICA!”: from “Ballad for Americans,” Robinson, Earl and John Latouche, Victor Symphony Orchestra, Courtesy RCA Victor Records.
“making radio history”: Corwin, Norman, quoted in Duberman, p. 236.
“If you and…”: hotel manager, quoted in Seton, p. 133.
“I thought of…”: Seton, p. 133.
“Can we get…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 133.
“defensive war”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 105.
“brave little Finland”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 15 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“If it gets…”: Schang, Fred, quoted in Duberman, p. 239.
“To ensure that…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, pp. 240–241.
“He’s gonna hafta…”: repairman, quoted in Duberman, p. 246.
“We are all…tour”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 246.
“I experienced no…ice”: Robeson, Paul Jr., quoted in Tuhus.
“I can tell…”: Letter to Paul Robeson from Ruby Heide, CIO Servicmen’s Center, 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Friday.
“His strategy was…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 31 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“the bitterest resentment…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 255.
“the most evil…”: Hoover, quoted in Gentry, p. 81.
“was practically controlled…leanings”: Hoover, quoted in Gentry, p. 207.
“agents”: FBI agent, quoted in Cunningham, p. 80.
“reputedly a member…”: FBI agent, quoted in Duberman, p. 253.
“in its membership…”: inspector of U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 24 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“with reference to…”: FBIHQ File 100 -12304, Section 1, Paul Robeson, Sr.
“proof…made…”: Matthews, J.B., Dies Committee of House of Representatives, quoted in Duberman, p. 239.
“Confidential”: quoted in Duberman, p. 654.
“Here’s the story…”: from “The Four Rivers,” folk song.
“I believed that…”: Webster, quoted in Seton, p. 149.
“Everyone was scared”: Webster, Margaret, quoted in Duberman, p. 263.
“Robeson is going…”: Hagen, quoted in Duberman, p. 264.
“no technique…protect him”: Webster, quoted in Duberman, p. 264.
“Bravo!”: Duberman, p. 265.
“staid old walls…”: reporter, quoted in Duberman, p. 265.
“A great artistic achievement”: reviewer, quoted in Duberman, p. 265.
“heroic and convincing”: New York Times, quoted in Duberman, p. 265.
“No white man…”: Variety, quoted in Duberman, p. 265.
“discovered that they…”: Brown, quoted in Watterson, p. 57.
“a war for…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 266.
“The Communists”: Duberman, p. 266.
“His activities…”: FBI, quoted in Duberman, p. 254.
“My father was…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 55 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“You’ll be a target…around you”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 56 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I do what…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 56 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I don’t have it”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 269.
“Directors assumed…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 270.
“Just look at…”: Webster, quoted in Duberman, p. 271.
“I took Othello…,” “as a great…,” “I am not…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 152.
“Out of my head”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 152.
“constantly careful…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 275.
“The performance was…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 59 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“The family loved the…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 59 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I have never…”: Webster, Margaret, quoted in Duberman, p. 276.
“I pray you…die upon a kiss”: Shakespeare, William, pp. 152–153.
“the tormented Moor…final moment…Mary Jane shoes”: Popper, April 1978.
“Paul, we are all…”: Webster, quoted in Lubasch, p. 119.
“one of the most…”: World-Telegram, quoted in Duberman, p. 277.
“Paul began to beam…”: McGhee, Bert, quoted in Seton, p. 154.
“Boy I’m lucky…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 154.
“undoubtedly 100% Communist”: FBI agents, quoted in Duberman, p. 280.
“custodial detention…to Communism”: FBI agents, quoted in Duberman, p. 254.
“activities in behalf…”: Duberman, p. 254.
“I come here…toward Negroes”: Robeson, pp. 151–152 (from Robeson Speaks).
“the tallest…”: Bethune, quoted in Duberman, p. 285.
“Save your voice…”: audience member, quoted in Duberman, p. 285.
“Happy birthday…”: chorus, quoted in Duberman, p. 285.
“security index…”: Hoover, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 63 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“rights of man…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 294.
“inspired black…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 104 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I’se so weary…”: “Ol’ Man River,” as modified by Robeson.
“As he sang….”: serviceman, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 103 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“to the man…”: Lubasch, p. 123.
“uppity”: Duberman, p. 305.
“Full employment…non-existent”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 300.
“foul mood”: Brown, quoted in Duberman, p. 302.
“more difficult…another concert”: Brown, quoted in Seton, p. 169.
“Stop the…evil”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 305.
“an American crusade…” Duberman, p. 306.
“inept…this country…threat”: Lubasch, p. 126.
“People of America…”: Lubasch, p. 128.
“of the lynch…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 128.
“He is not…United States”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 112 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I ask it…”: committee chairman, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 113 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“No. I am not…a Communist”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr, p. 113 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I dreamed I saw…”: from “Joe Hill,” Music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Alfred Hayes.
“You’ve heard…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 131.
“The best way…”: Stewart, Jeffery. Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, p. 181.
“disloyal”: Giblin, p. 64 (from The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy).
“remained outwardly unconcerned”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 116 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I have been…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 131.
“nothing criminal in the…”: Wallace, Henry, quoted in Duberman, p. 325.
“I had an intense…went”: Brown, quoted in Seton, p. 190.
“For Colored Only,”: quoted in Seton, p. 190.
“For God’s sake…”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 190.
“I do not fear…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 336.
“the English public…”: Brown, quoted in Duberman, p. 338.
“I have come among…Colonial Countries,”: Robeson quoted in, Paul Robeson Jr. (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976), p. 142.
“on the backs…among all nations”: Duberman, p. 342.
“dismissed and forgotten”: critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 343.
“just plain screwy”: New York Amsterdam News, quoted in Duberman, p. 343.
“act nice…of noise”: Duberman, p. 343.
“many Negroes will be…” White, quoted in Duberman, p. 343.
“There is hardly…”: North Carolina newspaper, quoted in Duberman, p. 345.
“mistaken and misled…Robeson”: New York Times, quoted in Duberman, p. 349.
“This has been such…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 349.
“I met my brother…”: from “Scandalize My Name,” African-American spiritual.
“how deeply touched…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 352.
“This is an…”: Robeson quoted in Richard Carter, “Robeson Home, Met by Cops,” Daily Compass, June 17, 1949.
“documents of interest”: Goodman, p. 84.
“screaming all…”: Greenberg, quoted in Duberman, p. 355.
“outraged…Soviet Union”: Robeson, quoted in Paul Robeson Jr. (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976) p. 359.
“I have the…”: Robeson, Susan, p. 165 (from The Whole World In His Hands: A Pictorial Biography of Paul Robeson).
“Hello there…hard”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 160 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I fight for the right…”: Robeson Speaks, p. 202.
“They want peace…WILL NOT”: Robeson Speaks, p. 209.
“We do not want…human beings”: Robeson Speaks, p. 211.
“Loves Soviet…”: Duberman, p. 358.
“It was an accident…”: Duberman, p. 358.
“silly…personal views”: Robinson, quoted in Duberman, p. 360.
“no argument between…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 362.
“un-American”: Peekskill Junior Chamber of Commerce, quoted in Duberman, p. 364.
“Dirty Commie” and “Dirty kike”: crowd members, quoted in Duberman, p. 365.
“hardened to threats”: Seton, p. 207.
“Get the…”: Rosen, Helen, quoted in Duberman, p. 365.
“Wake Up…”: Duberman, p. 368.
“We’ll kill…”: crowd, quoted in Turell (video).
“I came here…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 172 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“as big as…attack”: Seeger, quoted in Lubasch, p. 154.
“watched in silent horror”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 175 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“the police who…yesterday”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 370.
“If anyone I…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 374.
“battle of Peekskill”: Duberman, p. 372.
“lawlessness…from doing so”: Roosevelt, Eleanor, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 177 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I shall tak…. prevail”: Robeson, quoted in Seton, p. 215.
“I’ll also be…” Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 375.
“There is a balm…”: from “Balm in Gilead,” African-American spiritual.
“an invasion”: Los Angeles City Council, quoted in Duberman, p. 376.
“indiscriminate character assassination”: New York Times, quoted in Giblin, p. 88 (from The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy).
“the Negro…”: Duberman, p. 384.
“decent Americans”: American Legion and Catholic War Veterans, quoted in Duberman, p. 384.
“the final say…”: Roosevelt, Eleanor, quoted in Lubasch, p. 157.
“a sad commentary…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 385.
“deeply hurt…”: Seton, p. 222.
“The basic…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 158.
“What is the…,” “Jim-Crow Justice!…,”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 387.
Our enemies…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 387
“The place for…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 212 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“was fully…”: Seton, p. 223.
“stop notice,” Duberman, p. 388.
“FBI agents intruded…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 212 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“The Department considers…detrimental…family affair”: U.S. State Department, quoted in Duberman, p. 389.
“to silence…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 390.
“Paul, were you…American”: Robeson, p. 259 (from Robeson Speaks).
“slave origin”: Robeson, p. 260 (from Robeson Speaks).
“I refuse to…”: Robeson, p. 260 (from Robeson Speaks).
“I just wanted…”: Parker, quoted in Lubasch, p. 161.
“a sort of…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, pp. 399–400.
“across-the-border”: Murphy, Harvey, quoted in Duberman, p. 400.
“I can’t tell…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 162.
“comes from the…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 163.
“No more driver’s…”: from “No More Auction Block for Me,” African-American spiritual.
“What would my…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 163.
“Paul felt safe…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 229 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“the struggle against war”: Lubasch, p. 164.
“in the name of…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 227 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“You are Mrs. Paul…”: committee member, quoted in Lubasch, p. 164.
“Yes, and very proud…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 164.
“I don’t quite…” Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 164.
“good chance…United States”: committee member, quoted in Lubasch, p. 164.
“The reason I refuse…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 165.
“Why don’t you ask him”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 228 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“soldiers of the fight”: liner notes by Paul Robeson Jr., 2006 interview quoted in “On My Journey Now: Paul Robeson’s Independent Recordings,” #5. “We are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder,” Alan Booth, piano, Carnegie Recital Hall, 1955, p. 25.
“Salute to Paul Robeson”: Duberman, p. 425.
“Let Robeson Sing”: Duberman, p. 424-425.
“the stirrings of…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 431.
“magnificent stride forward”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 430.
“fight to see…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 431.
“heroic”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 430.
“forerunner…participant”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 245 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“one of the most…”: government attorney, quoted in Duberman, p. 433.
“a prisoner in his…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 435.
“Suddenly everything changed”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 249 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“slumped in his chair…”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 249 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“going haywire”: Duberman, p. 440.
“he sat bolt…outset”: Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 249 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“Are you now…”: Arens, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 250 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“Oh please…”: quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 250 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“What do you mean…over the world”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 250 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I put it to you”: Arens, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 250 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I invoke…ridiculous”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 250 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I am not being…”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 251 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“In Russia I…committee today”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 252–253 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“Why do you not…”: Scherer, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 253 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“Because my father…that clear?”: Robeson, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 253 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“to spare him…”: Duberman, p. 441.
“What prejudice…Rutgers”: Walter, Francis, quoted in Duberman. p. 441.
“the success of…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman. p. 441.
“un-Americans…this forever…standing my ground”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 442.
“Mr. Robeson is…”: Afro-American, quoted in Robeson, Paul Jr., p. 254 (from Undiscovered Robeson, 1939–1976).
“I hope to…”: Batten, Tony, executive producer. A Profile of Paul Robeson. Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, 1975.
“I am sorry…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 454.
“the years have…”: critic, quoted in Duberman, p. 455.
“nervous as…voice”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Duberman, p. 460.
“because he has…”: Nehru, quoted in Duberman, p. 461.
“Join me”: Robeson, Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall: The Historic May 9, 1958 Concert. Vanguard Records, 1987.
“We are climbing…”: from “Jacob’s Ladder,” African-American spiritual.
“lost much…charm”: critics, quoted in Duberman, p. 462.
“I want the folks…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 463.
“A wonderful thing…” Robeson quoted by reporters, London-Newark News, July 11, 1958.
“a victory for…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 463.
“and, of course…”: Robeson, quoted in Anderson, David, no page given.
“The long years…”: Robeson, Eslanda, quoted in Lubasch, p. 185.
“I’ve been a part…”: Robeson, quoted in Duberman, p. 522.
“While I must…”: Robeson, quoted in Lubasch, p. 189.
“We of…”: speaker, quoted in Lubasch, p. 191.
“Goodbye, Paul!”: Amsterdam News, quoted in Lubasch, p. 203.
“The tallest tree…”: Brown, quoted in Lubasch, p. 204.
“the artist must elect…” Lubasch, p. 204.
“There is more…”: Robeson, p. 473 (from Robeson Speaks).
“Didn’t my Lord…”: “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel,” African-American spiritual.