Paul Robeson (181 page)

return to the U.S. (1963),
520–1

return to the U.S. opposed (1961),
496

on
Revue Nègre
,
93

PR's rumored disillusion with Soviet Union and,
512–13

on Robert Rockmore,
313–14

suicide attempt by PR and,
498–500

Rebecca West and,
94–5

on White's
Fire in the Flint
,
72–3

as writer,
157
,
242
,
292–3
,
471
,
481
,
491
,
492
,
607
n
33
,
617
n
3
,
633
n
28
,
691
n
49
,
718
n
16
,
743
n
6
,
746
n
25
,
754
n
8

African Journey
,
293
,
412

see also specific books

Max Yergan and,
257

Robeson, Frances Cline (“Frankie”) (sister-in-law),
426
,
428
,
569
n
16

Robeson, Huldah (aunt),
6
,
567
n
5

Robeson, Louisa Bustill (Maria) (mother),
5
,
8–9
,
568
n
13
,
568–9
n
14

Robeson, Marian (sister),
see
Forsythe, Marian

Robeson, Marilyn (daughter-in-law),
355–6
,
358
,
426
,
464
,
478
,
479
,
500
,
501
,
504
,
524
,
535
,
537
,
538
,
540
,
541
,
691
n
48
,
n
49
,
715
n
49
,
718
n
15
,
n
16
,
754
n
6

Robeson, Paul

on Africa,
see
African culture

on assimilation,
172
,
199–200

athletics

basketball,
22

boxing,
52

high school,
14
,
16
,
571–2
n
32

at Rutgers,
22
,
572–3
n
7–9

see also
football; Rutgers College; St. Christopher basketball team

automobile accidents

1947,
317

1955,
431

1958,
455

black establishment on,
394–6

on black leadership,
351

childhood and adolescence,
3–18
,
417–18

brothers and sister,
5

death of mother,
8–9

Jamison School,
12

jobs,
11

oratory and debating,
10
,
12
,
16–17
,
572
n
34

personal characteristics,
9
,
12–13
,
15–16

racism in Princeton,
5–6

racism in Somerville,
12–15
,
570
n
21
,
571
n
27
,
n
28
,
n
29
,
n
30
,
571–2
n
32

relationship to father,
8
,
10

Somerville High,
12–17

athletics,
571
n
32

theatrical activities,
13

in Westfield,
9

Civil Rights Congress,
see
Civil Rights Congress (CRC)

civil rights movement and,
484
,
485
,
499
,
523
,
528
,
534

in college,
see
Rutgers College

concerts and recitals,
24
,
33
,
52
,
85

1924–25
76
,
77

1925,
79–82
,
84–6

1926,
98–101
,
104–5

1927,
105–7
,
109–12
,
603
n
2

1928,
115

1929,
120–1
,
122
,
125–6
,
606
n
30
,
608
n
41

1930,
128–9
,
613–14
n
34

1931,
138
,
145
,
150
,
616
n
51
,
616–17
n
56

1932,
156–7
,
161–2

1934,
178

1935,
191–2
,
631–2
n
19

1936,
208
,
634
n
32

1937,
210
,
212

1938,
222
,
226
,
643
n
31

1939,
228
;
see also
“Ballad for Americans”

1940,
240
,
241
,
243
,
649
n
17

1942,
256
,
267–8

1945,
297–8
,
302–3

1947,
316–17
,
319–20

1948,
336

1949,
338
,
349–52
,
375–8
,
689
n
34
,
n
40

1952,
400–3

1953,
409
,
414

1956,
436–7

1957,
448
,
449–50
,
723
n
6

1958–59,
454–6
,
462–3
,
466–8
,
470
,
471
,
725
n
22
,
729
n
4
,
n
5

1960,
483
,
487–91

classical music excluded,
176

combination of talk and song,
488–9

Council on African Affairs,
see

Council on African Affairs (CAA)

at private homes,
77
,
82
,
84
,
115
,
603
n
10

death of,
548–50

drinking,
102–3

England, discrimination in,
607–8
n
38
,
624
n
38
;
see also
London

on family,
603
n
3
,
613
n
35
,
669
n
24

as father,
152
,
189
,
194
,
246–7

films,
101
,
120
,
607
n
34
,
657
n
63

African themes,
202–4

Big Fella
,
207–8

Body and Soul
,
77
,
260

Borderline
, see
Borderline

Sergei Eisenstein, projects discussed with,
182–3
,
185–7
,
189–90
,
194
,
203–4
,
208
,
222
,
627
n
59
,
630–1
n
14

Emperor Jones, The
, see
Emperor Jones, The
(film)

inability to find a satisfactory script,
122

C.L.R. James play
Black Majesty
as possible vehicle,
196–7

Jericho
,
209
,
210
,
638
n
63

Katanian's documentary,
468–70
,
730
n
11–13
,
733
n
29

King Solomon's Mines
,
202
,
207
,
637
n
54

My Song Goes Forth
,
202–3
,
636
n
45

Native Land
,
261

new outspokenness (1933) about film stereotypes,
169

Sidney Poitier on PR's career,
261

Proud Valley, The
,
228
,
231
,
232
,
234
,
239
,
646
n
46
,
648
n
14

quitting Hollywood (1942),
260–1

Sanders of the River
,
178–82
,
626
n
50
,
n
53
,
n
54
,
n
56
,
626–7
n
56
,
627
n
58

Show Boat
,
194–6
,
203–4
,
636
n
46

Song of Freedom
,
202
,
204
,
636
n
45
,
n
48

Tales of Manhattan
,
259–62
,
656
n
61
,
657
n
62

final years of (1966–76),
539–50

fraternity membership,
see
Alpha Phi Alpha

on gay people,
93–4

on God,
126–7
,
576
n
31

Greenwich Village discrimination (1920s),
596
n
2

and Harlem,
see
Harlem

health, physical and emotional,
101
,
151
,
659
n
12

1953,
413
,
414

1954,
426

1955–56,
436–9
,
717
n
14

1957,
723
n
6

1959,
473–6
,
732
n
7

1960,
482

1961–63, emotional state,
495–521

1963, physical health,
517
,
751
n
50

1964,
523–6
,
753
n
1

1966–76,
539–50
,
760
n
9
,
762
n
17
,
763
n
25

bipolar depressive disorder,
438–9
,
499

Buch Clinic,
514
,
516–18
,
520–1
,
751–2
n
50

colds,
50
,
100
,
109
,
119
,
469

depression,
149
,
502–6
,
511–12
,
516–17
,
532–6
,
544
,
545
,
719
n
19
,
742
n
2
,
747
n
28
,
749
n
41
,
751
n
50
,
757
n
28

electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),
503–4
,
506
,
514
,
516–17
,
743
n
11–13
,
747
n
27
,
n
28
,
750–1
n
49
,
758
n
31

football injuries,
20
,
21
,
34

Gracie Square hospital,
see
Gracie Square psychiatric hospital

Dr. Kiev's assessment (1965),
534

nearly fatal illness (1965),
537

organic condition underlying depression,
534
,
540
,
758–9
n
42

overweight,
267
,
414–15
,
486

Paget's disease,
517
,
751–2
n
50

prostate surgery,
435
,
717
n
14

suicide attempt (1961),
497–500
,
735–6
n
44
; (1965)
532
,
533
,
535

Here I Stand
,
458–60
,
465
,
466
,
525–6
,
543
,
726
n
29
,
n
31

honors, awards, and tributes 1933,
161
,
619
n
11

1940,
238

1943–45,
281
,
294–5
,
659
n
13
,
665
n
3
,
666
n
4
,
669
n
28

1950,
391

1952, International Stalin Peace Prize,
406
,
707
n
5

1960,
486–7
,
738
n
55

1967–68,
542–3

1970–72,
543–4
,
760
n
12

1974,
547

forty-sixth birthday celebration,
284–5

sixtieth birthday tributes and celebrations (1958),
460–2
,
727
n
34