If The White Man Gives

I Would Like To Talk About Some Of The Things That Happened That Made Me Know That There Was Something Wrong In The South From A Child.

These People In Mississippi State, They Are Not "down"; All They Need Is A Chance. And I Am Determined To Give My Part Not For What The Movement Can Do For Me, But What I Can Do For The Movement To Bring About A Change In The State Of Mississippi.

We Have To Build Our Own Power. We Have To Win Every Single Political Office We Can, Where We Have A Majority Of Black People... The Question For Black People Is Not, When Is The White Man Going To Give Us Our Rights, Or When Is He Going To Give Us Good Education For Our Children, Or When Is He Going To Give Us Jobs-if The White Man Gives You Anything-just Remember When He Gets Ready He Will Take It Right Back. We Have To Take For Ourselves.

A White Man Killed The Mules And Our Cows That Knocked Us Right Back Down. And Things Got So Tough Then I Began To Wish I Was White.

The President Of Guinea, Sekou Toure, Came To See Us On The 13th. Now You Know, I Don't Know How You Can Compare This By Me Being Able To See A President Of A Country When I Have Just Been There Two Days; And Here I Have Been In America, Born In America, And I Am 46 Years Pleading With The President For The Last Two To Three Years To Just Give Us A Chance-and This President In Guinea Recognized Us Enough To Talk To Us.