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your and my mother and father, who didnamp。39。t work an eighthour shift, but worked from amp。quot。canamp。39。t seeamp。quot。 in the morning until amp。quot。canamp。39。t seeamp。quot。 at night, and worked for nothing, making the white man rich, making uncle sam rich. this is our investment. this is our contribution, our blood. not only did we give of our free labor, we gave of our blood. every time he had a call to arms, we were the first ones in uniform. we died on every battlefield the white man had. we have made a greater sacrifice than anybody whoamp。39。s standing up in america today. we have made a greater contribution and have collected less. civil rights, for those of us whose philosophy is black nationalism, means: amp。quot。give it to us now. donamp。39。t wait for next year. give it to us yesterday, and thatamp。39。s not fast enough.amp。quot。 i might stop right here to point out one thing. whenever youamp。39。re going after something that belongs to you, anyone whoamp。39。s depriving you of the right to have it is a criminal. understand that. whenever you are going after something 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, is breaking the law, is a criminal. and this was pointed out by the supreme court decision. it outlawed segregation. which means segregation is against the law. which means a segregationist is breaking the law. a segregationist is a criminal. you canamp。39。t label him as anything other than that. and when you demonstrate against segregation, the law is on your side. the supreme court is on your side. now, who is it that opposes you in carrying out the law? the police department itself. with police dogs and clubs. whenever you demonstrate against segregation, whether it is segregated education, segregated housing, or anything else, the law is on your side, and anyone who stands in the way is not the law any longer. they are breaking the law。 they are not representatives of the law. any time you demonstrate against segregation and a man has the audacity to put a police dog on you, kill that dog, kill him, iamp。39。m telling you,