Jackie Robinson (96 page)

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Authors: Arnold Rampersad

40.
It was exciting
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (May 19, 1958), JRP.

41.
Jackie is developing
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (1959), JRP.

42.
We have so much
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (Dec. 22, 1959), JRP.

43.
I have a hunch
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (July 11, 1959), JRP.

44.
Jackie could really play
: Bradley Gordon, interview.

45.
Jackie is trying
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (May 16, 1961), JRP.

46.
We hope sending
: ibid.

47.
for the insults
: JR and Marian Logan to Mr. and Mrs. James Gabrielle, Dec. 8, 1960, JRP.

48.
We are going to
: Chattanooga (Tenn.)
News–Free Press,
April 17, 1961.

49.
your obviously fine start
: JR to John F. Kennedy, Feb. 9, 1961, JRP.

50.
Your actions demonstrate
: WP, May 12, 1961.

51.
You are doing
: JR to Robert F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961, JRP.

52.
stop in to say
: Robert F. Kennedy to JR, June 2, 1961, JRP.

53.
Not so fast
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (May 16, 1961), JRP.

54.
I am firm
: NYAN, Aug. 12, 1961.

55.
Williams reports
: Harris Wofford to Richard Goodwin, Sept. 5, 1961, JRP.

56.
My children and your
: press release, Congress of Racial Equality, Sept. 5 (1961), JRP.

57.
She gets her degree
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (May 16, 1961), JRP.

58.
Rae has been
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (Oct. 26, 1961), JRP.

59.
very exciting
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (Oct. 26, 1961), JRP.

60.
I am so grateful
: New York
Daily News,
Jan. 24, 1962.

61.
It is a pleasure
: Boston
Globe,
Jan. 26, 1962.

62.
We feel deeply indebted
: NYAN, Jan. 6, 1962.

63.
We have been working
: JR, marginalia on letter, Ed Kaiser Jr. to JR, Aug. 25, 1963, JRP.

64.
a champion scrapper
: NYAN, Jan. 20, 1962.

65.
I am now convinced
: NYAN, Jan. 27, 1962.

66.
Mr. President, don’t you
: NYAN, May 5, 1961.

67.
We think the President
: NYAN, May 26, 1962.

68.
an insult
: NYAN, Aug. 18, 1962.

69.
It is not going
: Andrew Hatcher to Alfred Duckett, May 11, 1962, JRP.

70.
I have to say
: NYAN, Dec. 1, 1962.

71.
I always get
: NYAN, Aug. 24, 1963.

72.
Is there a medal
: NYAN, March 3, 1962.

73.
our advent
: Archie Moore to JR, March 16, 1962, NAACPR, LC.

74.
one of the most
: Dan Blumenthal to William Black, May 23, 1962, JRP.

75.
Dr.
Martin King is giving
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (May 2, 1962), JRP.

76.
the Merchant of Venice
: NYAN, July 28, 1962.

77.
Jew go away
: NYT, July 13, 1962.

78.
Strange Happenings
: NYAN, July 14, 1962.

79.
hate Jackie Robinson
: NYAN, July 28, 1962.

80.
Jackie is a classified
: Dan S. Blumenthal to Isidore Lapan, July 17, 1962, JRP.

81.
Is there anything
: JR to William Black, n.d., JRP.

82.
one hundred percent
: Roy Wilkins to JR, July 16, 1962, NAACPR, LC.

83.
It was beautiful
: Arnold Forster to JR, July 18, 1962, JRP.

84.
all who mask bigotry
: Whitney Young to JR, July 17, 1962, JRP.

85.
Bigotry is intolerable
: Ralph Bunche to JR, July 19, 1962, JRP.

86.
magnificent stand
: George Lawrence to William Black, July 15, 1962, JRP.

87.
mass rally
: NYAN, July 21, 1962.

88.
You have banished yourself
: NYAN, July 18, 1962.

89.
Jack had been attacked
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

90.
a very intensive investigation
: NYAN, Aug. 25, 1962.

91.
There was fear
: NYAN, Sept. 22, 1962.

92.
It really makes you
: Albany (Geo.)
Herald,
Sept. 9, 1962.

93.
Jackie Robinson had
: Wyatt Tee Walker to author, interview, March 25, 1997.

94.
Let’s rebuild these churches
: NYAN, Sept. 15, 1962.

95.
It is sad
: NYAN, Oct. 6, 1962.

96.
his continued and sustained
: NYAN, Aug. 25, 1962.

97.
Do you turn
: NYAN, Oct. 20, 1962.

98.
I hope that you
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, Nov. 12, 1962, JRP.

99.
One day, early
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

100.
I was not afraid
: NYAN, Feb. 9, 1963.

101.
Like any other family
: NYAN, Jan. 19, 1963.

102.
Then someone called us
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

103.
We have got to have
: NYAN, March 30, 1963.

104.
a friend in the wrong
: NYAN, March 30, 1963.

105.
To Jackie Robinson
: NYAN, April 6, 1963.

106.
We as black people
: NYAN, April 13, 1963.

107.
I was one
: ibid.

108.
If I have to give
: NYAN, April 20, 1963.

109.
This kind of forthright
: NYAN, May 11, 1963.

110.
The revolution that is
: JR to John F. Kennedy, May 7, 1963, JRP.

111.
I can’t stay
: NYAN, May 11, 1963.

112.
I don’t like to
: misc. clipping, United Press International, May 8, 1963, JRP.

113.
the restraint of many
: JR to John F. Kennedy, June 15, 1963, JRP.

114.
Thank you for emerging
: NYAN, June 22, 1963.

115.
casting disparaging remarks
: NYAN, July 6, 1963.

116.
the course of history
: ibid.

117.
Disunity is no proper
: NYAN, July 6, 1963.

118.
very odd that
: NYAN, June 13, 1963.

119.
the magnificent role
: NYAN, July 27, 1963.

120.
we don’t see eye
: JR to Sam [Ostrove?], Oct. 30, 1963, JRP.

121.
Don’t you have
: William Black to JR, Aug. 13, 1963, JRP.

122.
I hope you will
: JR to William Black, Aug. 14, 1963, JRP.

123.
I’m sure, today
: JR to William Black, draft, Aug. 15, 1963, JRP.

124.
I have never been
: NYAN, Sept. 7, 1963.

125.
God bless Dr. Martin
: NYAN, Sept. 28, 1963.

126.
Friends say that Jackie
: NYAN, Sept. 7, 1963.

127.
People are saying
: JR to Sam [Ostrove?], Oct. 30, 1963, JRP.

128.
once a friend
: NYAN, Nov. 16, 1963.

129.
We hear that you
: NYAN, Nov. 30, 1963.

130.
Coming from you
: NYAN, Dec. 14, 1963.

131.
but then I do not
: NYAN, Dec. 7, 1963.

132.
Chickens coming home
: ibid.

133.
When the tragic news
: NYAN, Nov. 30, 1963.

134.
If the Democratic Party
: ibid.

135.
Jackie Robinson and Chock
: NYAN, Jan. 4, 1964.

136.
We’ll miss Jackie
: NYT, Feb. 1, 1964.

137.
I did not want
: NYAN, March 28, 1964.

CHAPTER 15

1.
The time is ripest
: NYAN, Feb. 15, 1964.

2.
Jack had what I
: J. Bruce Llewellyn to author, interview, July 24, 1995.

3.
a striking parallel
: JR, “The G.O.P.: For White Men Only?”
Saturday Evening Post,
Aug. 10–17, 1963, p. 10.

4.
The danger
: NYAN, Aug. 10, 1963.

5.
I am proud
: NYAN, Aug. 17, 1963.

6.
the most effective work
: Winthrop W. Aldrich to JR, Jan. 30, 1964, JRP.

7.
What can they possibly
: Philadelphia
Inquirer,
April 9, 1964.

8.
If we have
: Portland (Ore.)
Reporter,
April 14, 1964.

9.
This is a struggle
: Moorhead (Minn.)
Concordian,
May 22, 1964, p. 1.

10.
I never could
: NYAN, July 4, 1964.

11.
I am a Negro
: NYAN, July 4, 1964.

12.
This is the time
: NYT, June 16, 1964. /
We had a beautiful
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

13.
Jackie Robinson looked
: NYAN, July 18, 1964.

14.
undoubtedly the leading light
: ibid.

15.
a classic and splendid
: NYAN, Jan. 8, 1966.

16.
extremism in the defense
:
Encyclopedia Americana
Vol. 13 (Danbury, Conn.: Grolier, 1992), p. 38.

17.
rather viciously
: Barry Goldwater to JR, July 25, 1964, JRP.

18.
Is it unity
: NYAN, Aug. 15, 1964.

19.
Your understanding and support
: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, April 24, 1964, JRP.

20.
truly a great national
: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, Aug. 5, 1964, JRP.

21.
You know and I know
: JR to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Oct. 7, 1964, JRP.

22.
inconceivable to this writer
: NYAN, Sept. 19, 1964.

23.
We must have
: NYAN, Nov. 21, 1964.

24.
A split ballot
: NYAN, Sept. 19, 1964.

25.
the Negro Revolution
: NYAN, April 11, 1964.

26.
I am no race leader
: New York
Herald Tribune,
April 26, 1964.

27.
the atmosphere of hate
: NYAN, May 16, 1964.

28.
I thought he would
: Los Angeles
Times,
March 22, 1964.

29.
because they advocate
: Portland (Ore.)
Reporter,
April 15, 1964.

30.
Malcolm has big audiences
: New York
Herald Tribune,
April 26, 1964.

31.
deliberate and evil design
: NYAN, April 11, 1964.

32.
the fair-haired boy
: NYAN, July 18, 1964.

33.
I wish I could
: NYAN, June 12, 1964.

34.
which belong to each
: JR, “Is the Negro Ready,” misc. speeches, n.d., JRP.

35.
the last Negro
: NYT, March 6, 1964.

36.
classic prototypes
: NYAN, Aug. 22, 1964.

37.
tragic coincidence
: NYAN, July 25, 1964.

38.
a Black Shining Prince
: NYAN, March 6, 1965.

39.
Jackie, in days
: NYAN, Dec. 16, 1967.

40.
job integration
: NYAN, June 20, 1964.

41.
When it came to
:
I Never,
p. 196.

42.
a community enterprise
:
I Never,
p. 197.

43.
I had hardly got
:
I Never,
p. 198.

44.
issued press releases
: NYAN, April 18, 1864.

45.
on schedule
: NYT, March 26, 1964.

46.
my good friend
: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, Jan. 4, 1965, JRP.

47.
In my humble opinion
: NYAN, Jan. 2, 1965.

48.
for more cash
: NYAN, June 18, 1966.

49.
I have been getting
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (Dec. 23, 1964), JRP.

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