““In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being – no colour prejudice like in Mississippi, no colour prejudice like in Washington.” When one of the committee members angrily demanded: “Why did you not stay in Russia?”, Robeson retorted, quick as a flash: “Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay right here and have a piece of it, just like you. And no fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?””
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