I Said It Was My

Why Should The Negroes Ever Fight Against The Only Nations Of The World Where Racial Discrimination Is Prohibited, And Where The People Can Live Freely? Never! I Can Assure You, They Will Never Fight Against Either The Soviet Union Or The Peoples' Democracies.

Whether I Am Or Am Not A Communist Is Irrelevant. The Question Is Whether American Citizens, Regardless Of Their Political Beliefs Or Sympathies, May Enjoy Their Constitutional Rights.

I Learned That Along With The Towering Achievements Of The Cultures Of Ancient Greece And China There Stood The Culture Of Africa, Unseen And Denied By The Imperialist Looters Of Africa's Material Wealth.

I Am Being Tried For Fighting For The Right Of My People, Who Are Still Second-class Citizens In This United States Of America.

Could I Say That The Reason That I Am Here Today, You Know, From The Mouth Of The State Department Itself, Is: I Should Not Be Allowed To Travel Because I Have Struggled For Years For The Independence Of The Colonial Peoples Of Africa.