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Remarks of the President
at Howard University
Washington, D.C.
TO FULFILL THESE RIGHTS
June
4, 1965
Our earth is the home of revolution.
In every corner of every continent men charged with hope
contend with ancient ways in the pursuit of justice. They
reach for the newest of weapons to realize the oldest of
dreams; that each may walk in freedom and pride, stretching
his talents, enjoying the fruits of the earth.
Our enemies may occasionally seize the day of change.
But it is the banner of our revolution they take. And our
own future is liriked to this process of swift and turbulent
change in many lands in the world. But nothing in any
country touches us more profoundly, nothing is more
freighted with meaning for our own destiny, than the revo–
lution of the Negro American.
In far too many ways American Negroes have been an–
other nation: deprived of freedom, crippled by hatred, the
doors of opportunity closed to hope.
In
our time change has come to this Nation too. The
American Negro, acting with impressive restraint, has peace-
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