Dignity of Man and the Destiny of Democracy

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Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the Congress:

I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.

As you may have heard, last June three civil rights workers were murdered. For those of you who have not heard, Bill Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, three names that will go down in history, were investigating the site where Mount Zion, a Negro church that had been bombed when the volunteers were arrested for having a flat tire. Shortly after being released they were kidnapped and shot at close range by alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan, two months later the three men’s bodies were found in a swamp.

I am beyond disappointed in the Mississippi Police Force, who were involved in the incident. Especially …show more content…

This bill will strike down restrictions on voting in all elections -- Federal, State, and local -- which have been wrongfully used to deny Negroes the right to vote in the past. However, these events will stay in the past. This bill, our bill, will provide a uniform standard which cannot be used to flout our Constitution. If an unlawful State official refuses to register anyone, this bill will allow the citizen to register to vote by officials of the United States Government. We, will eliminate unnecessary lawsuits which delay the right to vote. And finally, our legislation will ensure that officially registered citizens will not be prohibited from …show more content…

Right now, tonight, will mark this country’s turning point from segregated to equal. I will fight until The Civil Rights Act is passed, and together, we shall overcome the past. This speech, this podium, marks the start of a new era, The Civil Rights Era! It may be a long, bumpy road, but there is still an end to it, and we won’t stop ‘till we get there.

There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.

However, we shall

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