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- i . oo Ca . “4 Toe ytte + “a we et 3 ‘ eee ee oT RULAT SAE SUNT GORE Te ip or ASE ws : Pe eT NY 105-8999 "Since the twenty-two million of us were originally Africans, who are now in America, not by choice but only by a cruel accident in our history, we strongly believe that African problems are our problems and our problems are African problems.... "We, in America, are your long lost Brothers and Sisters, and I am here only to remind you that our problems are your problems. As the African-Americans ‘awaken" today, we find ourselves in a Strange Land that has rejected us, and, like the Prodigal Son, we are turning to our Elder Brothers for help. We pray our pleas will not fall upon deaf ears.... "During the past ten years the entire world has witnessed our men, women and children being attacked and bitten by vicious police dogs, brutally beaten by police clubs, andwashed down the sewers by high-pressure water hoses that would rip the clothes from our bodies and the flesh from our limbs. "And, 811 of these inhuman atrocities have been inflicted upon us by the American Governmental authori ties, the police, themselves, for no reason other than we seek the recognition and respect granted other human beings in America. "YOUR EXCELLENCIES: "The American Government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of your twenty-two million African-American brothers and sisters, We stand defenseless, at the mercy of American racists who mirder us at will for no reason other than w are black and of African descent.... “Our problem is your problem. No matter how much independence Africans get here on the Mother Continent, unless you wear your National dress at all times when you visit America, you may be mistaken for one of us. and suffer the same psychological and physical mutilation that is an everyday occurrence in our lives. - -38- Big Ae