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Malcolm X — Part 21
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"'We, in Amerka, are your long lost brothers
and sisters, and I am here to remind you that our
problems are your problems.' The memorandum
continued:
"“tThe American Government is either unable
or unwilling to protect the lives and property of
your 22 million African-American brothers and sisters.
We stand defenseless, at the mercy of American
racists who murder us at will for no reason other
than we are black and of African descent.
"'Our problems are your problems. We have
lived for over 300 years in that American den of
racist wolves in constant fear of losing life and
mb.
"Malcolm also warned the heads of the
African states that their countries would have no
future unless the American Negro problem was solved.
e said:
"tyour problems will never be fully solved
until and unless ours are solved, You will never
be fully respected until and unless we are also
respected. You will never be recognized as free
human beings until and unless we are also recognized
and treated as human beings.’
"Assert ing that the Negro problem is not
one of civil rfght but of human rights, Malcolm
* saidt
"tIf United States Supreme Court
Justice Arthur Goldberg a few weeks ago, could
find legal grounds to threaten to bring Russia -
before the United Nations and charge her with violating . -
the human rights of less than three million Russian 7
Jews - what makes our African brothers hesitate
to bring the United States Government before the ~
United Nations and charge her with violating the
human rights of 22 million African-Americans7 *
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