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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.
CHAPTER 14
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.
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.
50. We believe that the building: NYAN, May 18, 1963.
51. readying the sale: NYAN, Dec. 18, 1965.
52. an offer to merge: NYAN, June 25, 1966.
53. I am deeply impressed: NYAN, July 2, 1966.
54. I could never understand: David Robinson, interview.
55. fully implemented: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, Feb. 11, 1965, JRP.
56. immediate action: JR to Lyndon Baines Johnson, March 8, 1965, JRP.
57. must overcome the crippling: NYT, March 16, 1965.
58. While it is true: Clifford L. Alexander to Bess Abell, Nov. 22, 1965, JRP.
59. one of his grandstand: Clifford L. Alexander, memorandum, April 20, 1967, JRP.
60. A true friend: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, Oct. 25, 1965, JRP.
61. Jack didn’t go: Rachel Robinson, interview.
62. If it hadn’t been: Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, April 1, 1965.
63. one of the year’s: NYT, May 2, 1964.
64. my delight: NYAN, May 30, 1964.
65. I really wanted: JR to Walter O’Malley, July 25, 1962, JRP.
66. as a personal affront: Buzzie Bavasi with John Strege, Off the Record (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987), p. 37.
67. I think my dad: Peter O’Malley, interview.
68. It was something: Rachel Robinson, interview.
69. Jack felt completely baffled: Rachel Robinson (with Lee Daniels), Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait (New York: Harry Abrams, 1996), p. 194.
70. Jackie has grown: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, n.d. (Dec. 23, 1964), JRP.
71. Sharon is everyone’s: ibid.
72. praying for the safety: Hubert H. Humphrey to JR, July 30, 1965, JRP.
73. most tragic picture: NYAN, Aug. 21, 19
65.
74. He filled a void: Greensboro (N.C.) Daily News, Jan. 10, 1966.
75. wonderful communication: NYAN, Dec. 18, 1965.
76. The bigots who hated: Los Angeles Sentinel, Dec. 18, 1965.
77. I owe a great: misc. clipping, n.d., JRP.
78. Our big lesson: North Carolina A&T College Register, Jan. 14, 1966.
79. Vote for the man: misc. clipping, n.d., JRP.
80. A miracle is unfolding: NYAN, April 30, 1966.
81. There are black bigots: NYAN, Feb. 19, 1966.
82. a decent man: ibid.
83. a machine to end: NYAN, Dec. 25, 1965.
84. I’m not in a popularity: New York Herald Tribune, March 6, 1966.
85. a direct call: NYT, Nov. 2, 1965.
86. He’s a liar: ibid.
87. I think he will: NYAN, Jan. 8, 1966.
88. one of the most: JR to Nelson Rockefeller, Jan. 12, 1966, JRP.
89. but we will get: transcript, news conference concerning appointment of Jackie Robinson, Feb. 8, 1966, JRP.
90. I have rolled up: NYAN, Feb. 26, 1966.
91. I was brought in: Evelyn Cunningham, interview.
92. Jackie got things done: Percy Sutton, interview.
93. Jackie was usually: Evelyn Cunningham, interview.
94. go into areas: misc. memorandum, n.d., JRP.
95. We faced a very: Evelyn Cunningham, interview.
96. I like a man: NYAN, Aug. 13, 1966.
97. nit-picking: NYAN, June 18, 1966.
98. is proving to be: NYAN, June 25, 1966.
99. One of the most: NYAN, July 30, 1966.
100. I hope I am wrong: JR to Barry Gray, Aug. 17, 1966, JRP.
101. the white power structure: NYAN, July 30, 1966.
102. When we use our: NYAN, Oct. 22, 1966.
103. a day to day: NYAN, Nov. 12, 1966.
104. the most resounding reply: NYAN, Nov. 26, 1966.
105. In my book: NYAN, Nov. 19, 1966.
106. a lustre: Nelson Rockefeller to Jack Robinson Jr., June 23, 1966, RRP.
107. Jackie was behaving: Rachel Robinson, interview.
108. I know I have: Jackie Robinson Jr. to JR, n.d., RRP.
109. As I look around: NYAN, Aug. 5, 1967.
110. His step was brisk: New York Herald Tribune, March 6, 1966.
111. Jackie was not too: Evelyn Cunningham, interview.
112. a small personalized hotel: C. G. Bernard to JR, Jan. 3, 1967, JRP.
113. Jack discovered: Rachel Robinson, interview.
114. I can hardly describe: ibid.
115. Jack absolutely loved: Warren Jackson to author, interview, March 20, 1997.
116. Too often?: uniden. notes, n.d., JRP.