Jackie Robinson (95 page)

32.
He left in high
: Jack Gordon, interview.

33.
He practiced
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

34.
Taking the insulin
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, [May 19, 1958], JRP.

35.
From the start
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

36.
The name Jackie
: NYT, March 9, 1958.

37.
This is a team
: ibid.

38.
He is one
: JR to E. Frederic Morrow, June 28, 1957, JRP.

39.
Your having left
: New York
Daily News,
May 21, 1958.

40.
The day when I
: NYT, March 9, 1958.

41.
They looked right at
: Robert Campbell, interview, UCLA Archives.

42.
I hired Jackie because
: Gross, p. 140.

43.
They are going to
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d., JRP.

44.
the white employees
: misc. clipping, n.d., JRP.

45.
Jackie Robinson wasn’t antiunion
: Percy Sutton to author, interview, July 18, 1995.

46.
I feel fine
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d., JRP.

47.
My job is developing
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. [May 19, 1958], JRP.

48.
his right to think
: William Black to Ray Grody, Feb. 4, 1957, JRP.

49.
our great President
: Los Angeles
Tribune,
Jan. 30, 1957.

50.
Knowing President Eisenhower
: Los Angeles
Mirror-News,
Jan. 29, 1957.

51.
I have the greatest
: Boston
Sunday Herald,
Feb. 3, 1957.

52.
I said to Nixon
: Harrison McCall, memorandum, Jan. 3, 1959, JRP.

53.
Our country is engaged
: JR, speech to American Friends Service Committee, April 6, 1957, JRP.

54.
very fine letter
: Maxwell M. Rabb to JR, Jan. 4, 1957, JRP.

55.
We shall never be
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, March 17, 1957, JRP.

56.
in the heart
: ibid.

57.
none which meant more
: Richard M. Nixon to JR, March 22, 1957, JRP.

58.
to know our national
: JR to Sherman Adams, April 7, 1957, JRP.

59.
a superb job
: Lawrence E. Spivak to JR, April 15, 1957, JRP.

60.
another big thrill
: JR to Dwight D. Eisenhower, May 15, 1957, JRP.

61.
your approval
: Dwight D. Eisenhower to JR, May 21, 1957, JRP.

62.
certain phrases I didn’t
: Peter M. Bergman,
The Negro in America
(New York: Harper and Row, 1969), p. 551.

63.
I am really in
: JR to Maxwell M. Rabb, July 19, 1957, JRP.

64.
watered-down
: Richard M. Nixon to JR, Aug. 8, 1957, JRP. /
What you do
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, Aug. 28, 1957, JRP.

65.
We are wondering
: JR to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sept. 13, 1957, JRP.

66.
as far as “Ike”
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, Sept. 23, 1957, JRP.

67.
until they have
: Bergman, p. 550.

68.
Please accept
: JR to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sept. 25, 1957, JRP.

69.
I think you and
: transcript of telephone conversation between JR and Mrs. Daisy Bates and others, Oct. 18, 1957, NAACPR, LC.

70.
I’m not dumb enough
: Waterbury (Conn.)
Sunday Republican,
June 16, 1957.

71.
None of us
: JR, ms., Nov. 22, 1957, JRP.

72.
There just is not
: NYAN, Jan. 18, 1958.

73.
These are swiftly moving
: NYAN, July 5, 1958.

74.
Do not have N.A.A.C.P.
: Medgar Evers to JR, Dec. 27, 1957, JRP.

75.
Although we who struggle
: JR, “Patience, Pride and Progress,” ms., Feb. 16, 1958, JRP.

76.
We had an overflow
: JR to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

77.
Miami isn’t what
: ibid.

78.
it took a great
: Peter O’Malley, interview.

79.
I root for them
: Newark
Star-Ledger,
May 9, 1958.

80.
I really feel sorry
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, May 19, 1958, JRP.

81.
enlightened leadership
: New York
Daily News,
May 3, 1958.

82.
That’s preposterous
: Newark
Star-Ledger,
May 9, 1958.

83.
Baseball has nothing
: Cleveland
Call-Post,
July 19, 1958.

84.
He was never adamant
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

85.
Rae is studying again
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, July 11, 1958, JRP.

86.
I was less enthusiastic
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

87.
Frankly I don’t care
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d., JRP.

88.
It’s a pretty good
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d., JRP.

89.
I don’t expect we
: JR to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

90.
As a Negro
: Charleston (W. Va.)
Gazette,
April 18, 1958.

91.
love to see
: Cleveland
Call-Post,
July 19, 1958.

92.
could be regarded
: NYAN, Aug. 9, 1958.

93.
3,000 to march
: NYAN, Oct. 25, 1958.

94.
I have never been
: Providence (R.I.)
Journal,
Nov. 6, 1958.

95.
is causing groups
: NYAN, Nov. 29, 1958.

96.
the soul of sincerity
: ibid.

97.
You didn’t seem interested
: Providence
Journal,
Nov. 6, 1958.

98.
all listeners would be
: JR to Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jan. 15, 1959, JRP.

99.
If anyone wants to
: NYP, June 26, 1959.

100.
I felt I wasn’t
: NYAN, Aug. 15, 1959.

101.
a superb job
: Roy Wilkins to JR, Aug. 3, 1959, JRP.

102.
on any subject
: NYP, April 24, 1959.

103.
For better or worse
: NYP, April 28, 1959.

104.
somewhat peeved by this
: NYP, Jan. 13, 1960.

105.
a quiet, hooded
: NYP, April 30, 1959.

106.
is somewhat similar to
: NYP, May 8, 1959.

107.
I guess you’d call
: ibid.

108.
I have no political
: NYP, July 25, 1960.

109.
How long, Mr. President
: NYP, June 12, 1959.

110.
Now is the time
: NYP, Aug. 3, 1959.

111.
more than a question
: ibid.

112.
This man and his
: ibid.

113.
a disheveled, unshaven man
: NYP, Oct. 28, 1959.

114.
words of great hope
: NYP, Dec. 14, 1959.

115.
Could it be
: NYP, Jan. 20, 1960.

116.
I’ve been following
: Dec. 30, 1959.

117.
the Democrats consider
: ibid.

118.
I thought I was
: JR to Herbert Klein, Jan. 10, 1960, JRP.

119.
The Negro is in
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, Feb. 25, 1960, JRP.

120.
I want right here
: NYP, March 16, 1960.

121.
I could go on
: NYP, June 3, 1960.

122.
Dear Jackie
: NYP, June 10, 1960.

123.
Although I appreciated
:
I Never,
pp. 149–150.

124.
an end to all
: NYP, July 6, 1960.

125.
the lion’s share
: NYP, July 15, 1960.

126.
a bid for
: ibid.

127.
It is now clearer
: NYP, July 18, 1960.

128.
The battle lines
: NYP, July 29, 1960.

129.
Faced with this kind
: NYP, Aug. 15, 1960.

130.
an aide
: NYP, Aug. 17, 1960.

131.
I don’t mind admitting
: NYP, Aug. 19, 1960.

132.
used his race
: NYP, Aug. 26, 1960.

133.
who will not hesitate
: ibid.

134.
rewriting the sequence
: NYP, Aug. 29, 1960.

135.
still seems to be
: ibid.

136.
Jackie Robinson is on
: NYP, Sept. 7, 1960.

1.
After what the Democrats
: PC, Nov. 20, 1960.

2.
more progress
: Dayton (Ohio)
Journal,
Oct. 29, 1960.

3.
champion the Negro cause
: Memphis
Commercial Appeal,
Oct. 27, 1960.

4.
lavish in their praise
: Val Washington to JR, Oct. 24, 1960, JRP.

5.
outstanding … 
sincerity
: Sidney Rosenblum to JR, Oct. 21, 1960, JRP.

6.
I am not now
: New York
Citizen-Call,
Oct. 15, 1960.

7.
So many people even
: PC, Nov. 20, 1960.

8.
I was not passive
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

9.
The part given me
: E. Frederic Morrow,
Black Man in the White House
(New York: Coward-McCann, 1963), pp. 295–96.

10.
I used to holler
: PSN, April 14, 1987.

11.
come home
: NYAN, Nov. 5, 1960.

12.
Mr. Rickey reassured me
: PC, Nov. 20, 1960.

13.
the Negro vote was
: Branch Rickey to Richard M. Nixon, Feb. 1, 1962, BRP, LC.

14.
enormous contribution
: Richard M. Nixon to JR, Nov. 4, 1960, JRP.

15.
one of the highlights
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, Jan. 18, 1961, JRP.

16.
I was terribly disappointed
: JR to A. B. Hermann, Nov. 14, 1960, JRP.

17.
the various self-styled
: NYAN, Nov. 12, 1960.

18.
It is my belief
: PC, Nov. 20, 1960.

19.
partisanship played
: James A. Wechsler to JR, Nov. 8, 1960, JRP.

20.
No one will ever
: NYAN, Jan. 6, 1962.

21.
Personally, it is my
: A. B. Hermann to JR, Nov. 23, 1960, JRP.

22.
Please do not think
: draft, JR to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Nov. 15, 1960, JRP.

23.
perhaps
: NYAN, Feb. 11, 1961.

24.
most constructive
: Nelson Rockefeller to JR, July 6, 1961, JRP.

25.
a tremendous physical presence
: David Robinson to author, May 12, 1995.

26.
My father was very
: Sharon Robinson to author, July 10, 1995.

27.
My greatest love
: David Robinson, interview.

28.
Jackie was thrown
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home
(N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996), p. 86.

29.
Jackie was more dependent
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home,
p. 87.

30.
we weren’t afraid of
: Sharon Robinson, interview.

31.
feeling inadequate
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home,
p. 88.

32.
I am really very
: JR to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

33.
I know you sometimes
: JR to Jackie Robinson Jr., n.d. RRP.

34.
I am right proud
: JR to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

35.
my little sweetheart
: JR to Jackie, Sharon, and David Robinson, n.d., RRP.

36.
I know I haven’t
: JR to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

37.
The Jackie Junior
: Peter Simon to author, Aug. 10, 1996.

38.
I saw a different
: Bradley Gordon to author, interview, March 13, 1996.

39.
remarkable memory
: misc. clipping, 1957, JRP.