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.
You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.
This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.
We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility.
This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America.
Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.
