“I named you Fauna because I loved Robinson Jeffers’ poem about Flora and Fauna. I asked that they keep that name. I… — Fauna Hodel Copy Share Image
Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
“Coincidentally the couple who had endowed it had lived in her parents’ building. They had had an eight-year-old with a pretty singing… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Back in 1978, when I was still in high school, I went to see a Broadway show, 'Paul Robeson,' starring James Earl… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My family… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Paul Robeson once said that the artist has the responsibility to either help liberate the community or further oppress it. And I… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
I fell in love with the legend of Paul Robeson as a kid. My dad would tell me all these amazing stories… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I think that in his 39 short years of life, Malcolm X came to symbolize Black urban America, its culture, its politics,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
