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!.

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

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.

With Othello, Shakespeare posed this problem of a black man in a white society in the role that he's playing. And Shakespeare gave Othello such dignity - he came not from - as he said - not from hate but from honor, from a sense of his own human dignity. And to me, to my mind, there could be no greater character played.

I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once bothered me . . . for I know that people practice cruel bigotry in their ignorance, not maliciously