Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 29, 2005 11:34:29 GMT -5
"The American Indians and Civil Rights," American University, October 4, 1965
Handwritten Annotation near Title
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In talking to you on the subject of The American Indians and Civil Rights there comes to my mind the story about the old miser who had just died and how his neighbors were conducting the ceremonies in honor of the deceased. The minister called on various neighbors to give testimony in regard to the good deeds of the deceased but no one spoke up. Finally someone in the back of the room stood up and said; "If no one else has anything to say I'd like to talk about urban renewal."
He was only trying to put in a plug for his favorite subject but I hope I will be able to speak to the point on a subject of major interest to all of us, namely the role of civil rights in relation to the American Indian.
It would be well to start out with the facts of life so far as the Indian and the white man are concerned.l
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