James Baldwin continued:
-The victim has, more than white people, a real sense of his value
-Medgar Evers' assassination
-Upward mobility does not apply to negroes
-I survive all your prisons, but you have not
-Lunacy as an excuse for murder
-Kennedy was killed because he broke the bargain of the solid South
-One man - one vote is the end of the southern oligarchy and the end of the Democratic Party as we know it
-It is one thing to be beaten. It is another thing to be told to be patient after that beating, that things will be better tomorrow
-A country that prefers security to the possibility of dissent is in danger of perishing
-The country will have to change and embrace me
-In order for me to get a job, we have to get everybody else a job; a complete change is necessary
-We can only achieve success as a nation through a long overdue maturity
Questions and answers:
-Christianity and the movement
-Dangers of prejudice
-Third party
-The middle class as a hindrance
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Collection Citation:
Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection, 1963-1964, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Partial funding for preservation and duplication of the original audio tapes provided by a National Museum of American History Collections Committee Jackson Fund Preservation Grant.