Speech beginning with quote from W.E.B.Du Bois about the Problem of the 20th Century being the Color Line, 1970 March (Doc 2 of 3)

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"I believe in God who made of one blood all races that dwell on earth. I believe that all men, black and brown and white, are brothers, varying, through time and opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and in the possibility of infinite development.

"Especially do I believe in the Negro race; in the beauty of its genius, the sweetness of its soul, and its strength in that meekness which will inherit this turbulent earth . . . .

"I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that war is murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong: and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations white and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

"I believe in liberty for all men; the space to stretch their arms and their souls; the right to breathe and the right to vote, to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshines . . . uncursed by color: thinking, [red handwritten ink] hoping, dreaming as they will, in a kingdom of God & love. [/red handwritten ink]

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Miss Helaine Bonner Mackinnon Hall Rm 319 Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 1-614-594-4246

[handwritten sideways on the top right] I want this speech. Thanks! [/handwritten sideways on the top right]

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