Paul Robeson (183 page)

In Abraham's Bosom
turned down,
105

John Henry
(Bradford),
228
,
237–8
,
647–8
n
11

Kahn asked for help by PR,
52–3

limitations and opportunities as actor, PR on his,
71

Lulu Belle
part turned down,
83

Othello
, see
Othello
(Shakespeare)

Pericles
offer (1957),
451–2

Plantation Revue
,
52

Plant in the Sun
(Bengal),
223–5
,
642
n
23

Porgy
,
106
,
113
,
603–4
n
10

Porgy and Bess
,
193
,
215

Roseanne
,
56–7

Shuffle Along
,
44–5
,
49
,
52
,
582
n
27
,
n
28

suspension from Actors' Equity,
116–17
,
605
n
18

Taboo
(later renamed
Voodoo
),
43–5
,
48–53
,
58
,
581–2
n
23
,
583
n
5
,
584
n
8

Unity Theatre (London),
213
,
223–4
,
642
n
22
,
n
23

see also
Provincetown Players;
and
specific plays and musicals

travel restrictions,
388–90
,
393–4
,
396
,
399–400
,
406–7
,
414
,
424–5
,
432–5
,
437
,
444–5
,
450–3
,
463
,
480
,
509–10
,
705
n
42
,
716
n
7
,
717
n
8
,
719
n
22
,
721
n
37
,
728
n
39
,
n
40

on Western culture,
169
,
171–5
,
200–2

white attitudes toward

as adolescent,
12
,
14–16

in England,
87
,
123–4

racial slurs, PR's views on,
72

at Rutgers,
19–21

at Stotesbury and Miner (law office),
55

see also
racism

women, relationships with,
69
,
149
,
294

avoidance of commitment,
287
,
288

ER as convenient cover,
287

friendships with husbands,
241–2

in
Paul Robeson, Negro
(ER),
139–40

Provincetown Players,
60–1

strong and intelligent women, attraction to,
241
,
667
n
16

traditional male expectations,
165
,
291

see also
Bledsoe, Geraldine

(Maimie) Neale; Diamond, Freda;

Hagen, Uta; Jackson, Yolande;

McKinney, Nina Mae; Rockmore,

Clara; Rosen, Helen

Robeson, Paul, Jr. (son),
110
,
115
,
118
,
119
,
139
,
140
,
144
,
145
,
150–1
,
152
,
154–5
,
161
,
189
,
194–5
,
204–11
,
221–2
,
235
,
238
,
245–6
,
292
,
313–15
,
355–6
,
358
,
382–3
,
395
,
408–9
,
415
,
416
,
417
,
425
,
426
,
435
,
447
,
460
,
476
,
478
,
479
,
491
,
496
,
498–500
,
506
,
513
,
522
,
524
,
527–8
,
530–1
,
532
,
533
,
535–6
,
537–8
,
539–40
,
541
,
544–6
,
548
,
550
,
641
n
18
,
646
n
49
,
669
n
24
,
682
n
21
,
702–3
n
26
,
741
n
1

1965 activities of PR and,
531–2

birth,
110

education in the Soviet Union,
205–11
,
221
,
641
n
18

final years of PR's life and,
539–50

access to PR,
544–6

funeral tribute,
550

living together at Jumel Terrace home,
540
,
541

money matters,
313

mother's illness and (1965),
535–7

organizing PR's seventy-fifth birthday tribute,
546

professional difficulties,
408

PR's attempted suicide and,
498–500

PR's depression and,
503–6
,
509
,
535
,
537
,
540
,
744–5
n
12
,
747
n
27

wedding,
355–8
,
691
n
49

during World War II,
238

Robeson, Reeve (Reed) (brother),
5
,
184–5
,
567
n
4
,
568
n
14

Robeson, Susan (granddaughter),
408
,
464
,
478
,
524
,
538

Robeson, William Drew (father),
4–11
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
20
,
23
,
25
,
30
,
567
n
6
,
568
n
9
,
568
n
11
,
569
n
15
,
n
16
,
570
n
17

attitude toward whites,
11
,
18

background of,
4–5

death of,
25

between parish positions,
9

as pastor in Princeton,
6–8
,
568
n
11

as pastor in Somerville,
9–10
,
569
n
16

as pastor in Westfield,
9
,
569
n
15

personal characteristics of,
5
,
6
,
8–11

relationship to PR,
8
,
10

Robeson, William Drew, Jr. (brother),
5
,
14
,
17
,
32
,
567
n
4
,
568
n
14

Robeson Sings
(album),
408–9

Robinson, Avery,
79

Robinson, Bill,
203
,
667
n
18

Robinson, Earl,
236
,
237
,
240
,
327
,
485
,
526
,
528
,
647
n
9
,
655
n
54
,
668
n
21
,
705
n
42

Robinson, Elmer E.,
402

Robinson, Jackie,
283
,
360–2
,
363
,
441
,
506
,
666
n
7
,
755
n
16

Robinson, Robert,
188–9
,
629
n
3
,
630
n
12
,
637
n
53
,
735–6
n
44

Robinson, Sugar Ray,
394
,
703
n
32

Robson, Flora,
167
,
265
,
449
,
482
,
492
,
543
,
549
,
621
n
24
,
626
n
54
,
637
n
55
,
661
n
24
,
724
n
7
,
741
n
67

Rockmore, Bess (later Eitingon),
55
,
162
,
623
n
27
,
747
n
28

Rockmore, Bob,
55
,
148
,
162
,
163
,
165
,
233
,
239
,
245
,
277
,
291
,
299
,
300
,
354
,
365
,
443
,
480
,
483
,
506
,
508
,
509
,
640
n
15
,
649
n
21
,
664
n
47
,
672
n
17
,
678
n
2
,
685
n
2
,
731
n
18
,
745
n
15
,
747
n
28
,
750
n
49

death of,
511–12

and Eslanda Robeson,
246
,
292
,
293
,
313–15
,
412
,
501
,
504
,
651
n
31
,
677
n
41

as PR's lawyer and business advisor,
228
,
242
,
257
,
403
,
409
,
411
,
707
n
5
,
709–10
n
19
,
714–15
n
48
,
753
n
6

Rockmore, Clara,
243–5
,
267
,
291
,
292
,
299
,
365
,
489
,
491
,
492
,
493–4
,
501
,
504
,
506
,
508
,
509
,
511–12
,
544
,
549
,
748
n
34

Rogers, Charles,
122

Rogers, J. A.,
114–15
,
361
,
433
,
523
,
662
n
35

Rogge, O. John,
696
n
22

Rolfs, Ted,
646
n
47
,
701
n
17
,
710
n
19

Romilly, Rita,
163
,
312–13

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
240
,
251–2
,
259
,
356
,
361
,
374
,
384
,
656
n
59
,
663
n
40
,
667
n
10
,
669
n
26
,
697
n
29
,
703
n
26

cancellation of appearance by PR on television show of,
384–5

Roosevelt, Elliott,
384

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
254–5
,
258
,
266
,
291
,
293–4
,
297
,
305
,
342
,
485

Roosevelt, Theodore,
4

Roseanne
(Stevens),
56–7

Rosen, Helen,
339–40
,
384
,
411
,
412
,
413–14
,
417
,
418
,
426
,
428
,
435
,
464
,
475
,
478
,
481
,
482
,
483
,
484
,
489
,
500–4
,
505
,
506
,
508
,
511
,
512
,
514
,
517
,
519
,
520
,
530
,
535
,
538
,
539
,
544
,
545
,
548
,
549
,
550
,
567
n
4
,
568
n
13
,
686
n
9
,
694
n
4
,
n
5
,
n
7
,
735
n
42
,
n
44
,
736
n
44
,
746
n
25
,
753
n
57
,
753–4
n
6
,
756
n
16
,

and China,
384
,
760
n
5

at Peekskill (1949),
364–6
,
368–9
,
371

relationship with PR,
339
,
407–8