He further relates that he managed to maintain some international bonds during the years he has been restricted from travelling abroad by the State Department's revocation of his passport, and describes how the documentary The Song of the Rivers was created.

Du Bois, whose passport had also been revoked, that his presence at international congresses would have enhanced the standing of the United States.

The Time Is Now Robeson, rejecting segregation and gradualism, demands full citizenship for Black people immediately.

Realizing that he cannot change individual prejudice, he demands that racist laws limiting Black equality must end.

He says that progress has been made, as seen in Little Rock, that the appearance of Sputnik sends a message to work for peace, and that racism is the enemy.

The 1971 Appendix contains a number of essays, including one by Benjamin C. Robeson about "My Brother, Paul," and a statement by the author after having regained his passport.

He claims to have discovered common links in folk songs though the use of the pentatonic scale and opines that this pattern also extends into Chinese and African languages.

[5] The last section contains "A Later Statement by the Author" from August 1964 that reviews the progress in the struggle for freedom of the Black people, ending with "we surely can sing together: "Thank God Almighty, we're moving!"

He recalls the difficult position Robeson was placed in when his rights as a citizen were denied although he was never charged with an illegal action.