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This Is Our Home And This Is Our Country. Beneath Its Soil Lie Bones Of Our Fathers; For It Some Of Them Fought, Bled, And Died. Here We Were Born And Here We Will Stay.

For The First Time Since I Began Acting, I Feel That I've Found My Place In The World, That There's Something Out Of My Own Culture Which I Can Express And Perhaps Help Others Preserve..i Have Found Out Now That The African Natives Had A Definite Culture A Long Way Beyond The Culture Of The Stone Age...an Integrated Thing, Which Is Still Unspoiled By Western Influences...i Think The Americans Will Be Amazed To Find How Many Of The Modern Dance Steps Are Relics Of African Heritage.

I Stand Here Struggling For The Rights Of My People To Be Full Citizens In This Country. They Are Not-in Mississippi. They Are Not-in Montgomery. That Is Why I Am Here Today. . . . You Want To Shut Up Every Colored Person Who Wants To Fight For The Rights Of His People!.

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.

I Know That If The Peace Movement Takes Its Message Boldly To The Negro People A Powerful Force Can Be Secured In Pursuit Of The Greatest Goal Of All Mankind. And The Same Is True Of Labor And The Great Democratic Sections Of Our Population.