As An Artist I Come To Sing,

To Be Free . . . To Walk The Good American Earth As Equal Citizens, To Live Without Fear, To Enjoy The Fruits Of Our Toil, To Give Our Children Every Opportunity In Life--that Dream Which We Have Held So Long In Our Hearts Is Today The Destiny That We Hold In Our Hands.

I Shall Take My Voice Wherever There Are Those Who Want To Hear The Melody Of Freedom

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.

This United States Government Should Go Down To Mississippi And Protect My People. That Is What Should Happen.

We Ask For Nothing That Is Not Ours By Right, And Herein Lies The Great Moral Power Of Our Demand.