Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech.
Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be. - Paul Robeson
Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.
- Paul Robeson
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 … - Paul Robeson
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 …
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… - Paul Robeson
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…
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… - Paul Robeson
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…
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. - Paul Robeson
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.
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice. - Paul Robeson
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.
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. - Paul Robeson
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.
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… - Paul Robeson
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…
We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands. - Paul Robeson
We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.
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