“We helped plow the fields, build the dams, write the poems and sing the music of America. Are not all Americans proud, of Doree Miller, of Frederick Douglass, of Paul Robeson, of Joe Louis, of Marian Anderson” AmericaMusicAmerican MusicFrederick DouglassPaul RobesonMarian Anderson Book:Why I Left America and Other Essays Source: Why I Left America and Other Essays