Occupation: Singer Birth: April 9, 1898 Death: January 23, 1976
We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands..
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this..
The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just ….
I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all….
If the United States and the United Nations truly want peace and security let them fulfill the hopes of the common people everywhere - let them work ….
In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was th….
In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and form of a play o….
The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people..
I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialis….
The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on ….
But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people..
Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top..
We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility..
My future depends mostly upon myself..
Artists are the radical voice of civilization..
The intolerance of the few, or the risk of it, carries the day against the wider humanity of the many..
The course of history can be changed but not halted..
With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello such digni….
Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III..
When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and w….
This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen..