Jackie Robinson (97 page)

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, 1965.

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.

117.
were looking over
: NYAN, July 6, 1963.

118.
They told me
: NYAN, Dec. 30, 1967.

119.
Coming back
: NYAN, Jan. 7, 1967.

120.
We want to build
: New York
Daily News,
May 3, 1966.

121.
oughta be tired
: NYAN, May 21, 1966.

122.
I am not an Adam
: NYAN, Jan. 21, 1967.

123.
It’s the same kind
: NYAN, Jan. 14, 1967.

124.
Jackie Robinson and his wife
: NYAN, April 11, 1967.

125.
the heroism
: NYAN, Nov. 14, 1967.

126.
I am forced to say
: NYAN, Jan. 14, 1967.

127.
gross misinformation
: Roy Wilkins to JR, Feb. 2, 1967, JRP.

128.
I am so sorry
: JR to Roy Wilkins, Feb. 15, 1967, NAACPR, LC.

129.
I am not proud
: JR to Roy Wilkins, Feb. 20, 1967, JRP.

130.
an idol of mine
: NYAN, April 8, 1967.

131.
Confused
: NYAN, May 13, 1967.

132.
still my leader
: NYAN, July 1, 1967.

133.
potentially explosive situation
: Nelson Rockefeller to JR, June 26, 1967, JRP.

134.
the men behind you
: NYAN, Dec. 9, 1967.

135.
chickened out
: NYAN, Aug. 26, 1967.

136.
Stokely Carmichael’s version
: transcript of interview with Theodore Granik, “Youth Wants to Know,” April 1967, JRP.

137.
We will not be
: NYAN, May 27, 1967.

138.
I feel perfectly secure
: NYAN, Jan. 20, 1968.

139.
I don’t seek
: NYAN, Oct. 7, 1967.

140.
I am human
: NYAN, Jan. 20, 1968.

1.
through your personal contacts
: Wah F. Chin to JR, Jan. 4, 1968, JRP.

2.
Our aim is to help
: NYAN, April 13, 1968.

3.
particularly for ghetto
: Shura Bary to Randall Jones, Jan. 3, 1968, JRP.

4.
I think the masses
: “Sea Host Inc.: Toward a Black Middle Class,”
Fast Food: The Magazine of the Restaurant Business,
Nov. 1969, unpag.

5.
I do support
: NYT, Feb. 9, 1968.

6.
understand the reasons
: ibid.

7.
It was different
: NYT, Feb. 10, 1968.

8.
I felt hot
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home
(N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1996), p. 128.

9.
a bent gray man
: Roger Kahn, “Jackie Robinson: Man of the 25 Years,”
Sport,
Dec. 1971, p. 65.

10.
Are you all right
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home,
p. 131.

11.
In Colorado I started
: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-First Congress, March 24–25, Aug. 18–20, Oct. 30, 1970 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971), p. 6903.

12.
They tied him
: Jack Roosevelt Robinson Jr. to Jack and Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP. All letters cited here are from RRP.

13.
Man, you talk
: Bradley Gordon, interview.

14.
If he doesn’t learn
: Jack Roosevelt Robinson Jr. to Rachel Robinson, n.d., RRP.

15.
Jackie
had come from
: Bradley Gordon, interview.

16.
I’m going to need
: Jack Roosevelt Robinson Jr. to Rachel Robinson, n.d.

17.
We know the only
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, March 14, 1968, JRP.

18.
I suspect that unless
: JR to Clarence L. Towns Jr., Feb. 29, 1968, JRP.

19.
This time, I accepted
: NYAN, March 23, 1968.

20.
Speaking from the heart
: JR to Nelson Rockefeller, March 8, 1968, JRP.

21.
Governor Rockefeller’s desires
: JR to Hubert H. Humphrey, May 3, 1968, JRP.

22.
the greatest leader
: NYAN, April 13, 1968.

23.
Our people have always
: ibid.

24.
Dad smiled reassuringly
: Sharon Robinson,
Stealing Home,
p. 137.

25.
I felt I couldn’t
:
I Never,
p. 275.

26.
If Nixon is elected
: NYT, June 24, 1968.

27.
I guess the good Lord
: JR to Caroline Wallerstein, July 20, 1968, JRP.

28.
I can’t imagine what
: ibid.

29.
This is a tough period
: ibid.

30.
loitering for the purposes
: NYT, Aug. 25, 1968.

31.
if they will have me
: NYT, Aug. 12, 1968.

32.
Now he’s sold out
: NYT, Aug. 12, 1968.

33.
It is surely time
: NYP, Aug. 15, 1968.

34.
If that is racism
: NYAN, Sept. 7, 1968.

35.
Get him out of here!
: NYT, Aug. 15, 1968.

36.
precipitate and to be
: NYT, Aug. 20, 1968.

37.
This is perhaps
: JR to Nelson Rockefeller, fragment, n.d., RRP.

38.
Whatever it was
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

39.
we all pray that
: JR to Richard M. Nixon, Jan. 22, 1969, JRP.

40.
We had a nice
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

41.
We don’t want
: “Sea Host Inc.,” unpag.

42.
All I know
: Rachel Robinson, interview.

43.
Several of us
: Warren Jackson to author, interview, March 20, 1997.

44.
I’m afraid we are
: “Sea Host Inc.,” unpag.

45.
My daughter had
: ibid.

46.
I wouldn’t fly
: NYT, July 4, 1968.

47.
We met at a bistro
: Toni Morrison to author, interview, Nov. 19, 1996.

48.
The very poor relations
: NYT, Jan. 20, 1970.

49.
I don’t think anyone
: NYT, Dec. 4, 1969.

50.
Housing is the first
: NYT, Oct. 25, 1972.

51.
was that it would
: NYT, July 30, 1972.

52.
There is enough profit
: ibid.

53.
As you can see
: JR to Andre Baruch, n.d., JRP.

54.
It was January
: Martin Edelman to author, interview, July 7, 1995.

55.
It makes us happy
: JR to David and Caroline Wallerstein, March 26, 1970, JRP.