Artists Are The Gatekeepers Of Truth.

Through My Singing And Acting And Speaking, I Want To Make Freedom Ring. Maybe I Can Touch People's Hearts Better Than I Can Their Minds, With The Common Struggle Of The Common Man.

Vast Quantities Of U.s. Bombers, Tanks And Guns Have Been Sent Against Ho Chi Minh And His Freedom-fighters; And Now We Are Told That Soon It Will Be 'advisable' To Send America Gi's Into Indo-china In Order That The Tin, Rubber And Tungsten Of Southeast Asia Be Kept By The "free World"-meaning White Imperialism.

Like Any Other People, Like Fathers, Mothers, Sons And Daughters In Every Land, When The Issue Of Peace Or War Has Been Put Squarely To The American People, They Have Registered For Peace.

You Want To Shut Up Every Negro Who Has The Courage To Stand Up And Fight For The Rights Of His People, For The Rights Of Workers, And I Have Been On Many A Picket Line For The Steelworkers Too.

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