Paul Robeson (180 page)

Rainbow Orchestra,
74

Randolph, A. Philip,
57
,
71
,
226
,
239
,
248
,
252
,
285
,
295
,
322
,
343–4
,
374
,
392
,
447
,
540
,
549
,
726
n
31
,
737
n
52

Rankin, John,
373
,
390

Rascoe, Burton,
277

Rawls, Louis,
375–6

Rayburn, Sam,
373

Reagan, Caroline Dudley,
93
,
116–18
,
119
,
605–6
n
20

Rebel Players,
223

Rector, Eddie,
75

Redgrave, Vanessa,
477
,
734
n
33

Redmond, Don,
408

“Red Summer” (l919),
32

Reinhardt, Max,
77

Reiss, Winold,
78

Rettenberg, Edward,
679
n
10

Reuther, Walter,
357

Revue Nègre
,
93

Rhee, Syngman,
387

Richardson, Henry, Jr.,
290
,
667
n
20

Richardson, Ralph,
134
,
136

Richardson, Tony,
451–4
,
476–7
,
733
n
32

Rickenbacker, Capt. Eddie,
234

Rinzler, Alan,
526
,
528

Robeson, Ben (brother),
5
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
14
,
20
,
30
,
42
,
54
,
102–3
,
113
,
163
,
277
,
299
,
410
,
412
,
420
,
426–8
,
435
,
462
,
464
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483
,
500
,
519
,
525
,
549
,
569
n
16
,
575
n
25
,
684
n
42
,
715
n
48
,
738
n
54

death of,
519

parsonage offered as living quarters to PR,
426–8

on personal characteristics of PR,
54

relationship to PR,
427–8

Robeson, David Paul (grandson),
397
,
464
,
478
,
524
,
538

Robeson, Eslanda (Essie) (wife), PR's 1922 trip to England,
47–8

1925 trip to Europe,
86–98

France,
91–8

London,
87–91

1928 stay in London,
115–24

1931 trip to England,
147–8

1934 trip to the Soviet Union,
183
,
185–90

1936 trip to Africa,
204–6

1937 summer visit to the Soviet Union,
210–11

1938 trip to Spain,
215–20

1958–59 trips to the Soviet Union,
467–70
,
473–5

1960 stay in the Soviet Union,
482–3

1965 trip to California,
530–1

acting career of,
91
,
166
,
621
n
21
,
633
n
28

Big Fella
,
207
,
637
n
55

Borderline
(film),
130
,
609
n
10

African culture, opinion of,
149
,
170
,
616
n
54
,
619
n
13
,
676
n
39

on Josephine Baker,
93
,
615
n
43

on Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
91

career options,
242–3
,
292–4

on Cullen's
Leavin' Time
,
622–3
n
27

death of,
538
,
759
n
44

Freda Diamond and,
241
,
242
,
247
,
436

diary, reliability of,
576
n
2
,
582
n
26
,
592
n
21
,
601
n
43

on economic depression of 1930s,
621
n
21

emotional collapse of PR and (1961–62),
498–508
,
511–12
,
743
n
11
,
745
n
16

on
The Emperor Jones
(play),
59–60

family background of,
35–7
,
578
n
9

first meeting with PR,
34–5
,
37
,
577–8
n
8

gay people and,
93–4
,
599
n
19
,
759
n
44

on Emma Goldman,
89

as grandmother,
524

health,
101–2
,
139–40

1922 operation and convalescence,
47
,
49
,
51

1949,
681–2
n
21

1959,
473–5
,
481–2

1960,
482
,
485

1961,
743
n
7

1965,
532
,
534–8

birth of Paul, Jr., and,
110
,
112
,
603
n
3

cancer,
435
,
518
,
524
,
534–6
,
752
n
51

gallstones,
743
n
7

nervous collapse,
143
,
614
n
39
,
615
n
48

operation and convalescence (1922),
47
,
49
,
51

Presbyterian Hospital (New York), as pathologist,
34
,
37
,
41
,
67
,
578
n
11

stay at,
47
,
49
,
51

on Nora Holt (Ray),
74

on Yolande Jackson,
143–5
,
152–3
,
619–20
n
15

as lecturer,
293
,
294
,
386
,
669
n
25
,
677
n
39
,
700
n
12
,
751
n
51

on London theater,
88
,
90

marriage of PR and

career given precedence over family by PR,
613
n
35

courtship,
38–41
,
577
n
8
,
580
n
20

divorce rumors and speculations,
102–3
,
143–8
,
151
,
152
,
157–8
,
160
,
161
,
164
,
314
,
618
n
4

Communist Party's opposition to,
294

first discussions of,
143–5

psychics' views of,
154

elopement,
39
,
41–2
,
580
n
20

Enfield, Connecticut, home,
246
,
247
,
287
,
292
,
374
,
411
,
412
,
651
n
31

first year,
42–3

friends and social activities,
42
,
51–2
,
56
,
70–1
,
73–6
,
82
,
86
,
88
,
91
,
102
,
115–16
,
118
,
492

on PR's “laziness,”
54

in London (1928),
115–20

Ethel Mannin on,
118
,
604
n
13

Gerry Neale, PR's continuing involvement with,
40–1
,
45–6
,
583
n
30

political differences,
205
,
436

pregnancy, possible, and possible abortion,
40
,
102–3
,
106–7
,
150
,
578–9
n
15
,
616
n
56

reconciliations (1930)
143–4
, (1932)
166
, (1946)
315
, (1955)
435–6
,
507–8

PR's expressions of affection for Essie,
126–7
,
246
,
247

separations,
147–8
,
247
,
411–12
,
482
,
507–8

Tony Salemmé on,
70

on Claude McKay,
96

money matters,
102
,
714
n
47
,
717
n
14

loan from Otto Kahn,
83–5
,
119–20
,
596
n
42
,
606
n
28

Paul, Jr., and,
313–14

quarrels with PR,
102
,
292
,
601
n
44

Bob Rockmore and,
313–15
,
677
n
41

as mother,
194–5
,
245–6
,
668–9
n
24

Nehru and,
225–6
,
378–9
,
643
n
30
,
698–9
n
38

non-Communist affidavit signed by,
509–10

William Patterson and,
41
,
187
,
629
n
7
,
691–2
n
49

Paul Robeson, Negro
,
139–40
,
225
,
566
n
2
,
570
n
21

first draft of,
121–2
,
606
n
33

performing career of PR and,
157
,
158

1927–28 European tour,
106–7
,
109–12

1931 diary entries and letter on,
151–3

acting, Essie on PR's,
89–90

All God's Chillun Got Wings
(O'Neill),
63
,
66

Body and Soul
, negotiations for,
77

Borderline
(film),
130–1

Larry Brown as accompanist and arranger,
78
,
79

Chaliapin, PR compared to,
78

concert artist, career as,
78

contract dispute between Caroline Dudley Reagan and PR,
116–19

Emperor Jones, The
,
59–60

singing, Essie on PR's,
91

spirituals,
79
,
81

theatrical activities,
44
,
53
,
67
,
582
n
26

personal characteristics of,
37–9
,
60
,
70
,
94
,
118
,
205
,
215
,
238
,
374

Ph.D. in anthropology,
292

photography,
242–3
,
640
n
9

physical appearance of,
91
,
504

clothes,
161
,
622
n
25

political and social views and activities,
325
,
332
,
436
,
579
n
19
,
671
n
14
,
680–1
n
16–21
,
697
n
28
,
718
n
16
,
740
n
67
,
754
n
11

1938 trip to Spain,
220

1950 speaking tour,
386
,
700
n
11

in 1964
524
,
754
n
8

black agenda effort (1947),
322–4

CPUSA and,
718
n
15

feminism,
386

“Loyalty” article,
691
n
49

McCarthy committee hearings,
412–13

PR's Paris speech (1949),
346–7

Prayer Pilgrimage,
447

on racial prejudice,
88

Soviet purge trials,
221

Walter White
Ebony
article, rebuttal to,
395

press intrusions during PR's illness and,
513
,
516

relationships with other men,
601
n
42
,
614–15
n
43

Noel Coward,
146
,
147
,
614
n
40
,
615–6
n
48

Marcel Duchamp,
618
n
4

Michael Harrison,
150
,
151
,
162

Grant Lucas,
39
,
102
,
147
,
148
,
150