1、1來源網絡整理，僅供供參考大學英語演講稿范文900字39;s based on democracy. It. is not a government that is made up ofreprese ntatives of the people. half of the people in the south cant eve nvote. eastland is not even supposed to be in washington. half of thesenators and congressmen who occupy these key positions in wash i

2、ngton,d.c., are there illegally, are there uncon stituti on ally.i was in washi ngton, d.c., a week ago thursday, whe n they weredebating whether or not they should let the bill come onto the floor. and inthe back of the room where the sen ate meets, theres a huge map of theunited states, and on tha

3、t map it shows the location of negroes throughoutthe coun try. and it shows that the souther n secti on of the coun try, thestates that are most heavily concen trated with n egroes, are the ones thathave sen ators and con gressme n sta nding up filibusteri ng and doing allother kinds of trickery to

4、keep the n egro from being able to vote. this ispitiful. but its not pitiful for us any Ion ger; its actually pitiful for the whiteman, because soon now, as the n egro awake ns a little more and sees thevise that hes in, sees the bag that hes in, sees the real game that hes in,the n the n egros goin

5、g to develop a new tactic.來源網絡整理，僅供供參考2these sen ators and con gressme n actually violate the con stituti onalame ndme nts that guara ntee the people of that particular state or countythe right to vote. and the con stituti on itself has with in it the mach inery toexpel any represe ntative from a st

6、ate where the vot ing rights of the peopleare violated. you dont eve n n eed new legislati on. any pers on in congressright now, who is there from a state or a district where the voting rights ofthe people are violated, that particular person should be expelled from congress. and whe n you expel him

7、, youve removed one of the obstacles in thepath of any real meaningful legislation in this country. in fact, whe n youexpel them, you dont n eed new legislatio n, because they will be replacedby black representatives from counties and districts where the black man isin the majority, not in the mi no

8、 rity.if the black man in these southern states had his full voting rights, thekey dixiecrats in washi ngton, d. c., which means the key democrats inwashington, d.c., would lose their seats. the democratic party itself wouldlose its power. it would cease to be powerful as a party. whe n you see thea

9、mount of power that would be lost by the democratic party if it were to losethe dixiecrat wing, or bran ch, or eleme nt, you can see where its against3來源網絡整理，僅供供參考the interests of the democrats to give voting rights to n egroes in stateswhere the democrats have bee n in complete power and authority

10、eversince the civil war. you just cant belong to that party without an alyz ing it.i say aga in, im not an ti-democrat, im not an ti-republica n, im notanti-anything. im just questioning their sincerity, and some of the strategythat theyve been using on our people by promising them promises that the

11、ydont intend to keep. whe n you keep the democrats in power, youre keeping the dixiecrats in power. i doubt that my good brother lomax will deny that.a vote for a democrat is a vote for a dixiecrat. thats why, in 1964, its timenow for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the

12、ballot is for; what were supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that ifwe dont cast a ballot, its going to end up in a situation where were going tohave to cast a bullet. its either a ballot or a bullet.in the north, they do it a differentway. they have a system thatsknown as gerryma nderi ng, w

13、hatever that mean s. it means whe n n egroesbecome too heavily concen trated in a certa in area, and begi n to gain toomuch political power, the white man comes along and changes the districtlines. you may say, why do you keep saying white man? because its the來源網絡整理，僅供供參考4white man who does it. i ha

14、ve nt ever see n any n egro changing any lines.they dont let him get near the line. its the white man who does this. andusually, its the white man who gr ins at you the most, and pats you on theback, and is supposed to be your friend. he may be friendly, but hes notyour friend.so, what im trying to

15、impress upon you, in esse nee, is this: you and iin america are faced n ot with a segregatio nist con spiracy, were facedwith a gover nmen t con spiracy. every one whos filibusteri ng is a sen ator-thats the gover nment. every one whos fin agli ng in wash ington, d.c., isa con gressma n - thats the

16、gover nment. you dont have an ybody putt ingblocks in your path but people who are a part of the gover nment. the samegovernment that you go abroad to fight for and die for is the governmentthat is in a conspiracy to deprive you of your voting rights, deprive you ofyour economic opportunities, depri

17、ve you of decent housing, deprive you ofdecent education. you dont need to go to the employer alon e, it is thegover nment itself, the gover nment of america, that is resp on sible for theoppressi on and exploitatio n and degradati on of black people in thiscountry. and you should drop it in their l

18、ap. this gover nment has failed the n5來源網絡整理，僅供供參考egro. this so-called democracy has failed the negro. and all these whiteliberals have definitely failed the negro.so, where do we go from here? first, we need some friends. we needsome new allies. the entire civil-rights struggle needs a new interpre

19、tation,a broader interpretation. we need to look at this civil-rights thi ng from another an gle - from the in side as well as from the outside. to those of uswhose philosophy is black n ati on alism, the only way you can get involvedin the civil-rights struggle is give it a new interpretation. that

20、 oldinterpretation excluded us. it kept us out. so, were giving a newinterpretation to the civil-rights struggle, an interpretation that will enable usto come into it, take part in it. and these han dkerchief-heads who have been dillydally ing and pussy foot ing and compromis ing - we dont intend to

21、 letthem pussyfoot and dillydally and compromise any Ion ger.how can you tha nk a man for giving you whats already yours? howthen can you tha nk him for giving you only part of whats already yours?you have nt eve n made progress, if whats being give n to you, you shouldhave had already. thats not pr

22、ogress. and i love my brother lomax, the wayhe poin ted out were right back where we were in 1954. were not eve n as來源網絡整理，僅供供參考6far up as we were in 1954. were behi nd where we were in 1954. theresmore segregation now than there was in 1954. theres more racial animosity, more racial hatred, more ra

23、cial viole nee today in 1964, than therewas in 1954. where is the progress?and now youre facing a situati on where the young n egros coming up.they dont want to hear that turn the-other-cheek stuff, no. in jacks on ville,those were tee nagers, they were throw ing molotov cocktails. negroeshave never

24、 done that before. but it shows you theres a new deal coming in.theres new th inking coming in. theres new strategy coming in. itll bemolotov cocktails this month, hand grenades next mon th, and somethi ngelse n ext mon th. itll be ballots, or itll be bullets. itll be liberty, or it will bedeath. th

25、e only difference about this kind of death - itll be reciprocal. youknow what is meant by reciprocal? thats one of brother lomaxs words. istole it from him. i dont usually deal with those big words because i dontusually deal with big people. i deal with small people, i find you can get awhole lot of

26、 small people and whip hell out of a whole lot of big people. theyhave nt got any thi ng to lose, and theyve got every thing to gain. and theylllet you know in a min ute: it takes two to tan go; whe n i go, you go.7來源網絡整理，僅供供參考the black n ati on alists, those whose philosophy is black n atio nalism,

27、in bringing about this new interpretation of the entire meaning of civil rights,look upon it as meaning, as brother lomax has pointed out, equality ofopport uni ty. well, were justified in seek ing civil rights, if it means equalityof opport uni ty, because all were doing there is tryi ng to collect

28、 for our investme nt. our mothers and fathers inv ested sweat and blood. threehundred and ten years we worked in this country without a dime in return -i mean without a dime in return. you let the white man walk around heretalking about how rich this country is, but you never stop to think how it go

29、trich so quick. it got rich because you made it rich.you take the people who are in this audience right now. theyre poor.were all poor as individuals. our weekly salary individually amounts tohardly any thi ng. but if you take the salary of every one in here collectively,itll fill up a whole lot of

30、baskets. its a lot of wealth. if you can collect thewages of just these people right here for a year, youll be rich - richer thanrich. when you look at it like that, think how rich uncle sam had to become,not with this han dful, but milli ons of black people. your and my mother andfather, who did nt

31、 work an eight-hour shift, but worked from cant see in來源網絡整理，僅供供參考8the morning until cant see at night, and worked for nothing, making thewhite man rich, making uncle sam rich. this is our investment. this is ourcontribution, our blood.not only did we give of our free labor, we gave of our blood. ev

32、ery timehe had a call to arms, we were the first ones in uni form. we died on everybattlefield the white man had. we have made a greater sacrifice than anybody whos sta nding up in america today. we have made a greatercontribution and have collected less. civil rights, for those of us whosephilosoph

33、y is black nationalism, means: give it to us now. dont wait fornext year. give it to us yesterday, and thats not fast eno ugh.i might stop right here to point out one thing. whenever youre goingafter something that belongs to you, anyone whos depriving you of the rightto have it is a crim in al. un

34、dersta nd that. whe never you are going aftersomething that is yours, you are within your legal rights to lay claim to it.and anyone who puts forth any effort to deprive you of that which is yours, isbreaki ng the law, is a crim in al. and this was poin ted out by the supremecourt decisi on. it outl

35、awed segregati on.which means segregation is against the law. which means a segregati9來源網絡整理，僅供供參考onist is breaki ng the law. a segregati onist is a crim in al. you cant label himas anything other tha n that. and whe n you dem on strate againstsegregation, the law is on your side. the supreme court

36、is on your side.now, who is it that opposes you in carrying out the law? the policedepartment itself. with police dogs and clubs. whenever you dem on strateaga inst segregati on, whether it is segregated educati on, segregated housing, or anything else, the law is on your side, and anyone who sta nd

37、s in theway is not the law any Ion ger. they are break ing the law; they are notreprese ntatives of the law. any time you dem on strate aga inst segregation and a man has the audacity to put a police dog on you, kill that dog, killhim, im telling you, kill that dog. i say it, if they put me in jail

38、tomorrow, killthat dog. then youll put a stop to it. now, if these white people in here dontwant to see that kind of action, get dow n and tell the mayor to tell the policedepartme nt to pull the dogs in. thats all you have to do. if you dont do it,some one else will.if you dont take this kind of st

39、and, your little children will grow up andlook at you and thi nk shame. if you dont take an un compromisi ng stand,i dont mean go out and get violent; but at the same time you should n ever來源網絡整理，僅供供參考10be nonvi ole nt uni ess you run into some nonvi ole nee. im nonvi ole nt withthose who are nonvi

40、ole nt with me. but whe n you drop that violenee on me,then youve made me go insane, and im not resp on sible for what i do. andthats the way every n egro should get. any time you know youre within thelaw, within your legal rights, within your moral rights, in accord with justice,then die for what y

41、ou believe in. but dont die alone. let your dying bereciprocal. this is what is meant by equality. whats good for the goose isgood for the gan der.when we begin to get in this area, we need new friends, we need newallies. we need to expand the civil-rights struggle to a higher level -to thelevel of

42、human rights. whenever you are in a civil-rights struggle, whetheryou know it or not, you are confining yourself to the jurisdiction of uncle sam.no one from the outside world can speak out in your behalf as long as yourstruggle is a civil-rights struggle. civil rights comes within the domesticaffai

43、rs of this coun try. all of our africa n brothers and our asia n brothersand our lat in-america n brothers cannot ope n their mouths and interfere inthe domestic affairs of the united states. and as long as its civil rights, thiscomes under the jurisdiction of uncle sam.11來源網絡整理，僅供供參考but the un ited

44、 n ati ons has whats known as the charter of huma nrights; it has a committee that deals in human rights. you may wonder whyall of the atrocities that have been committed in africa and in hungary and inasia, and in latin america are brought before the un, and the negro problemis never brought before

45、 the un. this is part of the con spiracy. this old, trickyblue eyed liberal who is supposed to be your and my frie nd, supposed tobe in our corn er, supposed to be subsidiz ing our struggle, and supposedto be acting in the capacity of an adviser, n ever tells you anything abouthuma n rights. they keep you wrapped up in civil rights. and you spend somuch time barking up the civil-rights tree, you dont even know theres ahuman-rights tree on the same floor.when you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights,you can the