Occupation: Singer Birth: April 9, 1898 Death: January 23, 1976
For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can expre….
And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet….
The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust..
I am truly happy that I am able to travel from time to time to the USSR the country I love above all. I always have been, I am now and will always be….
Artists are the gatekeepers of truth..
If the American Negro is to have a culture of his own he will have to leave America to get it..
Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be..
Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are..
Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live free….
You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on….
In all spheres of modern life the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. From his last simply written but vastly discerning and comprehensive doc….
I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom.
As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity.
Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the co….
I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom or the words that might inspire hope and courage in the face of….
We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand..
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you..
I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United Stat….
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice..
Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the issue of peace or war has been put squarely to the American ….
Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for sl….