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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1968
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-2- "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?'...How long? Not long, because you still reap what you sow...because the arm of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. 1965 - Selma, Alabama "The world is changing and anyone who thinks he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution...We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish as fools...Racial injustice is still the black man's burden and the white man's shame...The government must certainly share the guild, the individual must share the guilt and even the church must share the guilt. 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee "And then I got into Memphis. And some began to...talk about threats...Or what would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers. But I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop, and I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has its grace. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up and to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. So I'm happy tonight. i'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have see the glory of the coming of the Lord." 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee - April 3rd. Once again the politicians are on the campaign trail. NOW, is the time for all of us to listen to them and their beliefs. We know, without a doubt that we have not been given any real reason to be happy about the vote of Iowa legislators when it comes to civil rights. They fall way behind the civil rights legislation which has been passed in our State. Everyone who has been in the state for a period of six (6) months, in the county for two (2) months and in the ward for ten (10) days, is eligible to register to vote. If you have moved and not changed your address, do so, now! If you are not registered, do so, now! Whitney Young, Jr. on the statements of Stokely Carmichael. - "His following right now amounts to about 50 Negroes and 5,000 white reporters - newspaper, television and radio reporters." One must agree with the above comment, for it certainly seems that every time either H. Rap Brown or Stokely Carmichael open their mouths to take a breath or to move to take a step, someone is writing or reporting it. Persons who are in the civil rights arena and are seriously concerned about the end results could care less about their maniacal mutterings and careless steps. The white press, etc., have made them what they are...by giving them a feeling of importance. It has not come from their Negro following. DID YOU KNOW? Bagpipes were invented in Africa, not in Scotland. The pipes were first used in Egypt but after the Roman invasion, they were taken back to Europe and eventually gained great popularity only in Scotland. Beethoven, the world's greatest musician, was without a doubt a dark mulatto. He was called 'The Black Spaniard.' His teacher the immortal Joseph Haydn, who wrote the music for the former Austrian National Anthem had Negro ancestry, too. Jose Vasconcelos (El Negrito Poeta), born of African Congo parents at Almolonga, Mexico, about 1710, wrote verses that were so popular that they entered into University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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-2- "I know you are asking today, 'How long will it take?'...How long? Not long, because you still reap what you sow...because the arm of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice. 1965 - Selma, Alabama "The world is changing and anyone who thinks he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution...We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish as fools...Racial injustice is still the black man's burden and the white man's shame...The government must certainly share the guild, the individual must share the guilt and even the church must share the guilt. 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee "And then I got into Memphis. And some began to...talk about threats...Or what would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers. But I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop, and I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has its grace. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up and to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the Promised Land. So I'm happy tonight. i'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have see the glory of the coming of the Lord." 1968 - Memphis, Tennessee - April 3rd. Once again the politicians are on the campaign trail. NOW, is the time for all of us to listen to them and their beliefs. We know, without a doubt that we have not been given any real reason to be happy about the vote of Iowa legislators when it comes to civil rights. They fall way behind the civil rights legislation which has been passed in our State. Everyone who has been in the state for a period of six (6) months, in the county for two (2) months and in the ward for ten (10) days, is eligible to register to vote. If you have moved and not changed your address, do so, now! If you are not registered, do so, now! Whitney Young, Jr. on the statements of Stokely Carmichael. - "His following right now amounts to about 50 Negroes and 5,000 white reporters - newspaper, television and radio reporters." One must agree with the above comment, for it certainly seems that every time either H. Rap Brown or Stokely Carmichael open their mouths to take a breath or to move to take a step, someone is writing or reporting it. Persons who are in the civil rights arena and are seriously concerned about the end results could care less about their maniacal mutterings and careless steps. The white press, etc., have made them what they are...by giving them a feeling of importance. It has not come from their Negro following. DID YOU KNOW? Bagpipes were invented in Africa, not in Scotland. The pipes were first used in Egypt but after the Roman invasion, they were taken back to Europe and eventually gained great popularity only in Scotland. Beethoven, the world's greatest musician, was without a doubt a dark mulatto. He was called 'The Black Spaniard.' His teacher the immortal Joseph Haydn, who wrote the music for the former Austrian National Anthem had Negro ancestry, too. Jose Vasconcelos (El Negrito Poeta), born of African Congo parents at Almolonga, Mexico, about 1710, wrote verses that were so popular that they entered into University of Iowa Libraries. Iowa Women's Archives
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