“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.”
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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.
But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States.