This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.

Quote by Paul Robeson

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You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and...

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and...

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial...

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial...

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this...

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this...

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak...

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak...

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the...

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the...

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of...

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of...

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people...

I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people...

Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields...

Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields...

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also...

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also...

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction...

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction...

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in...

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in...

Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the...

Like any other people, like fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in every land, when the...

The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from...

The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from...

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a...

This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a...

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

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...

I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the...

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive...

At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive...

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker,...

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker,...