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· · . . . . . · - _: · . · · · : OC1'-4 . . . !11! . fl' SBIZCII an:Dl A't WASJaNO'lal -CH Bt JOHN LEWIS . l'}c J <. Y ·, j N AU(7Js3 . ·: .· Y• march todq ,tor jobs and fl"eedom, but we have/to be proud d. · .. For, :mo- ,. 1 .• • dra1a and thousands ot our brot})ers are not here. 7hq han no ·mone:y tor ' · their they are receiving starvation wages • • • or no· . ·. · . wages at all. · While stand here there are sharecroppers in the · Delta ot · · ,· Mississippi · who are o t in the tielda working tor less than three dollars · .· a d.ay !or twelve hours o! work. While we stand here there are · students in .' . .. jaU on trumped charges. brother, James Farmer, along with many othera .. --· is also in jail. We cane here today' with · a greet sense o! misgiving. · · · . · . It is true that we support the presept .elvil ri8hts blll in the · .., .. ' . Howevet-, we support it with great Unless 'l'ltle three is put . ·.. in this bill .. there-:-+s nothing to protect J'OWl8 children arid old wanen trcm. ·- :- > police dogs andfu e hoses, their penalty tor in peaqetul demon- · · In its · present form tbis bill will not protect the citizens o! .- DanYille, Virginia, who must live · in conStant tear in a police state. It will not prbtect the hundreds o! people who have been arrested on phoney chargee. What about three young field secretaries-in Ameri- . . Georgia who face the death penalty tor engaging in peaceful protest. Aa it stands now, the voting section .oi this bill will not help thousands · . .. ot black people who want to vote. not help the citiz;:;ne o! MississipPi, · Alabama# &{ld Georgia who are qu.:1liti&i to vote but lack a 6th grade education. "Clle man, one vote," is the African cry. It is ours, too. It must be ours •. Let us tell , the Congress• Clle man, one vote. I. . ·• We must have legislation that · will the Mississippi sharecropper · who · is put o· t ot his rarm· because he dares to register to vote •. We need . a bill that will provide tor the laomeless and starving people or thie nation; . We need a bill that will. ensure the equality Of a maid who earns t,S a in the home ot a tamil.y whose inc ome is $1.00 1 000 a year. We must good FEPC bill. .. . Let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution. !\;' and large, American politics is dominated by politicians who build , their oareers on i.urnoral eanpr<imises and ally themselves with open forms o! · , · ..,., . . ea1. eeonanic, and sooia1 There are exceptions o! course. We · · · . salute those. But . what political leader can stand up and say, party i& the party o! )rinciples"• 'l'he Jrty ot Kennedy is the plrty ot t)lstland. 'l'be p!.rty o! Javits is " the p!.rty ot Coldwater. Where is our p.rty? Where . is tjle political .make it uneceasaey to ha _ ve Marches on Wash- .:' ,, . . \ . . . '- . . . . ' . Where is the political party that · wi..u protect the citi&ena ot Albelt;r, Cecrsia. "/ ,- Do you know in Albany, Georgia, nine o! our leaders have been indicted, · I not by Dixie rata, bUt, by the Fed6ral Government !or peaeetul protest. a.tt .. · , . ' - 1dut.t did the Federal Government do when Albany's Deputy Sheri!! beat Attorne7 -· _ .., j j,. B. King and lett him halt-.dead1 What · did the F 1eral Govenment· do when .: · r - local pollee ot!icials · kicked and assaulted the pregnant . wi.te Slater - ·, ,-· , '· "j and she lost her child. :.- .._;;t . To those who haTe aaid 1 be JBtient and lfllit 1 WI Jlll18t lq that. w' cannot . be patient, ve do not want to be gradual.l7• We want · our treedca and . . . want it nov. We tired o! beiJl& beaten b7 policemen. We · do not .. ' r' .,.. • I "'r; i ' .. . . \ ' .
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l'}c J <. Y ·, j N ~ AU(7Js3 ~· ~963[ . ~:a-: ~ .r;~; ·: .· Y• march todq ,tor jobs and fl"eedom, but we have/to be proud d. · .. For, :mo- ,. 1
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dra1a and thousands ot our brot})ers are not here. 7hq han no ·mone:y tor ' · their transportation,~o they are receiving starvation wages • • • or no· . ·. ·
. wages at all. · While stand here there are sharecroppers in the · Delta ot · · ,· Mississippi · who are o t in the tielda working tor less than three dollars · .· a d.ay !or twelve hours o! work. While we stand here there are· students in .' . .. jaU on trumped charges. ~ brother, James Farmer, along with many othera .. - - · is also in jail. We cane here today' with · a greet sense o! misgiving. · · · . ·
. It is true that we support the presept .elvil ri8hts blll in the Co~sa. ·.., .. ' . Howevet-, we support it with great r~servations. Unless 'l'ltle three is put ~, ~. ·.. in this bill .. there-:-+s nothing to protect J'OWl8 children arid old wanen trcm. ·- :-> police dogs andfue hoses, their penalty tor eng~ in peaqetul demon- ~ · ~ · ·
~ations. In its· present form tbis bill will not protect the citizens o! .DanYille, Virginia, who must live ·in conStant tear in a police state. It will not prbtect the hundreds o! people who have been arrested on phoney chargee. What about ~e three young me~NCC field secretaries-in Ameri- . .
~-cu~~ Georgia who face the death penalty tor engaging in peaceful protest.
Aa it stands now, the voting section .oi this bill will not help thousands · . .. ot black people who want to vote. !~ . will not help the citiz;:;ne o! MississipPi, ·
Alabama# &{ld Georgia who are qu.:1liti&i to vote but lack a 6th grade education. "Clle man, one vote," is the African cry. It is ours, too. It must be ours • . Let us tell, the Congress• Clle man, one vote. I. .
·• We must have legislation that ·will ~teet. the Mississippi sharecropper ·who ·is put o · t ot his rarm· because he dares to register to vote • . We need
. a bill that will provide tor the laomeless and starving people or thie nation; . We need a bill that will. ensure the equality Of a maid who earns t,S a we~
in the home ot a tamil.y whose income is $1.001 000 a year. We must have~ good FEPC bill.
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Let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution. !\;' and large, American politics is dominated by politicians who build ,their oareers on i.urnoral eanpr<imises and ally themselves with open forms o! pol.i~ · , ·..,., . . ea1. eeonanic, and sooia1 expl.oit.atio.n~ There are exceptions o! course. We ~-· · · ·
. salute those. But. what political leader can stand up and say, "~ party i& the party o! )rinciples"• 'l'he Jrty ot Kennedy is the plrty ot t)lstland. 'l'be p!.rty o! Javits is ~so "the p!.rty ot Coldwater. Where is our p.rty? Where . is tjle political ~that~ .make it uneceasaey to ha_ve Marches on Wash- .:' ,, ~~ . . \ . . . '- . . . . '
. Where is the political party that· wi..u protect the citi&ena ot Albelt;r, Cecrsia. "/ ,- Do you know ~t · in Albany, Georgia, nine o! our leaders have been indicted,
· I not by Dixie rata, bUt, by the Fed6ral Government !or peaeetul protest. a.tt .. · , . ' - 1dut.t did the Federal Government do when Albany's Deputy Sheri!! beat Attorne7 -· _ ..,
j j,. B. King and lett him halt-.dead1 What ·did the F 1eral Govenment· do when .: · r - local pollee ot!icials ·kicked and assaulted the pregnant . wi.te ~t Slater - ·, ,-· ·~
, '· "j King~ and she lost her child.
:.- ~~- .._;;t . To those who haTe aaid1 be JBtient and lfllit1 WI Jlll18t lq that. w 'cannot . be patient, ve do not want to be ~ gradual.l7• We want ·our treedca and
. . /~>/· . ~- want it nov. We ar~ tired o! beiJl& beaten b7 policemen. We· do not .. ' r ' .,.. • I
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