“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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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.
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.
But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.
Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace.
