My future depends mostly upon myself.

And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union.

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies.

I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that some common bond makes the people of all lands take to Negro songs as their own.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.