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P -Your m je ti . �() ir ro� hi hne
di tin ui d u • comr id end friend :
Too �. 11 of II do. by our pre nee here. and b� our Ct lebr tion
in oth r p rts of our country and the vorld. onter lory and hope to
n born libertv.
Out ot' the e perience of n extr ordlnarv human di ttl' that
1 ted too Ion mu t be bo a oclety of which all hum nity will be proud.
Our daily deeds a ordinarv outh African mu t product an
n tual South 'riean realltv that will r inforce humanltv belief in ju tice,
trengthen its confidence in th nobility of the human' oul and u tain 11
our hope for loriou lif for all.
All thi we owe b th to our lve and to the ople of the world
who are 0 well repre nted h re today.
To m� comp trion . I h v no h itation in ying that ea ch on of
intimately atta hed to th . oil of thi b autiful country a are the
ja 'rands tree of Pre tori nd the mirno n tre . of the bu .hve ld.
h tim one of 1 touch . the oil ofthis l nd. we fe Inn oJ
I er nal ren v 1. The nati nal mood 'hnnge' n the en 'on' nne.
We re mo ed to. en: e . jn� and cxhil ration when the 1'8 ..
turn green an the flowers bl om.
That s iritual and p Y i .al onene S \\. all s h r with this .omrnon
homeland e 'plains the depth of the pain we nil arrie d in our hearts n we
saw our country tear i 'If P rt in erri I cont ict. and a \\. aw it
.purn d. 'outlawed and i ola ed b� the p ople of the world. pre i ely
au it ha b com th univer: I ba of the p rniciou ideology and
practice of raci: m and ra ial oppre ion,
, e. the people of outh Afri a. feel fulfill d that humanity ha:
taken u ba k into i b om. that we. who were outlaw not 0 long ago.
have today be n given th r re priv ilege to b ho t to th nation of the
world on our own oil.
We thank all our di tingui: hed international gue ts for having
'om to tak p. ion with th people of our country of what i. . after all.
a om mon vi t ry for ju ti e. for peace. for hum n dignity,
\ e tru t th t \OU w ill contin ie to. tand bv us a: we tackle the
, allenge of uilding e cc. pr �l erit�. non' vis: . nonraci li .rn and
de m 'r.\'\,
\\ c deeply apprecia e the ' It: that the mas e s f llJ peoj le and
their de m ocr tic. religion: .'\ J en .. \ lith. usin • tr diti nal and other
let ders ha e played to brin a ut this .onclu ion. � t It' I ,t mnong them is
my cond 0 put' Pre, iden . the H n rnble ,W. de Klerk,
We would a1. 0 like t p. y tribute to Ollr, 'urity for e . in all their
rank. for th <.Ii tingui,'hed role th y have played in, curing our fir t
demo ratk elections and th tran'ition to demo mcv. from bloodthir tv
for which till refu to e the light. . -
The tim for the healing of the wound ha come,
The moment to bridge th chasm that di e us
The time to build i upon u .
\Ve hu\'e. atJast. achiev�d our 0 itiq.IbIi�'-
eman ipation. W pledge ourselves to liberatt all
our p ople from the continuing bondag of poverty.
, dtprivation. uttering. gender and other
di rimination.
We succeeded to take our last steps to
freedom in conditions ofr lative peace. We commit
ourselves to the construction of a complete. just and
lasting peace. f
We have triumphed in the effort to implant
hop in the breasts of the millions of our people. We
enttr into a covenant that we hall build th society .
in which all South African. both black and white.
will be able to walk tall. without an\' fear in their
hearts. a'surtd of their inalienable right to human
dignity-a RAI BOW nation at peace 'with
it. If and the world.
� a token of its commitment to the renewal
of our, countl'\'. the new interim Government of
�ational U nit�� will. as a matter of urgency, address
the i sue of amnesty fot' various cat gorits of our
people who are currently serving terms of
imprisonment
We dedicate this day to all the htroes and
heroin in this country and the re t of the world who
acriticed in many ways and surrendtred their lives
so that we could b free.
Their dreams have become reality. Freedom
is their reward. .
We are both humbled and elevated bv the
'honor nnd privilege that you. the p ople of South
Africa. have bestowed on us. ns th tirst Presid nt of
a united .. democrntic. nonracial and non xist South
Africa. to lead ollr countrv out of th valle\' of
darkness, . '"
W understand it, till that there i. no eas
road to freedom. .
We know it well thnt none of u acting alon
can achi v succe. ,
We m� t therefor act t('gether as,a united
�ople. for national reconciliation. for nation building.
for the birth of a new world.
Let there be ju tice for all.
Letth re b p ace for all.
Let there b work. bread. water and alt for /.
0, not everyone, African
American is mired in poverty
and misery or directly affected
by th crisis of drugs, crime and
violence. Indeed, there are many
Black people, perhaps a third of
the Black Nation, who are living
extremely well and perhaps an
other third is doing modestly
well. But about a third of the
Black Nation is, Malcolm X
put it, "catching more hell than
ever before. "
There are some among the
well off who are embarrassed by
the so called Black underclass
and want nothing to do with
y
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nt of th nti
Thou hIm y doing r n-
bly w 11 individually, I m cl r
t t but for th of God nd
th d con rn of loving
p r nt J nurturing neighbor
hood nd comp ion te and
committed community in titu
tions, I too could very well be a
ualty and statistic.
To African/Black in Amer-
ica and th world' to be forever
conscious of who we are, from
when we've come and what
our obligations are to those la
bored, uff red, bled and died to
bringth of us who claim to be
" uccessful" to this point in his
tory.
We cannot, must not forsake
the challenge of playing ome
role in the rescue and restora
tion of the race. Nor can we de
spair at the enormity of the task.
As Jesse Jackson so often say,
we must "keep hope alive ."
I ORDER TO give real
meaning to what might other
wise be a rhetorical pbras , each
and every African person who is
abl must take time, make time
to "ret urn to the source" to ren
der some level of servi ,large or
small, to the uffering masses of
our people,
too."
THE CT th t every
person ho can call them
a"u" ed
beca ofth ruggl and c
rifice of African heroes and
heroin in thi and previous
generations; "su " born of a
Black freedom struggle which
on crucial victori and carved
out th space for SODl among u
to" ucceed." And, few Black peo
ple are as sucee sful they
could be because of th nagging
and crippling persistence of
what Dubois termed the "color
line" in American society.
It is this color line which, in
the final analysis, marks even
"successful" Africans as niggers
in the eyes and mind of white
Americans.
1 subscribe to the view that
none of us is free until all of us is
free. Therefore, we as Africans in
America, must be responsible for
and accountable to ch other
for the collective welfare and de-
all.
L t each know that for each the body. the
mind and the. oul hnv been freed to fultill themselves.
::'\ev r. n ver and n wr again hall it that
thi. bt>uutiful land will again experienc the
oppre. :ion of c. b' anoth rand 'uffer the indignity
of bing th skuru.. of the world,
Th sun <;hnll nt"ver .. t on 0 glorious a
human achievement!
Let freedom l' ign. od bl . Africa!
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The race as a whole cannot
forge forward unless we, as indi
vidual Africans, make a con
scious commitment and effort to
contribute our time, skills, re
sources and money to the collec
tive enterprise of emancipating
the masses, For only when the
least of us is emancipated will
the ra as a whole be emanci
pated.
We must have an undying
love for African people. That love
i the stuff that will fuel the
moral, cultural' and political of
fensive, the liberation move
ment required to rescue and
restore the race.
We ar , if we are true to the
African tr ditions and values
which carried Us over, our broth
ers and sisters keepers.
We are a family and every
family member is � responsible to
and accountable to every other
family member for the mainte
nan . sutwi.val and �v Jih
ment of the family. 11" • t
THE AFRICAN principles of
Ujimaa - Collective Work and
Responsibility and Ujamaa Fa
milyhood/Cooperative Econom
ics, as reflected in the N guzo
Saba (the Seven principles of the
Black Value System), must be
our guide as we wage struggle
for our freedomlliberation. And,
finally we must have Imani -
Faith, the absolute com!iction
and resolve that together as Af·
rican people we will win! With
these values the rescue and res·
toration of the race is inevitable.
Ron Danud mesa Presiden.tofthe
In tltutzon for ommunity Organization.
and Deue10pm nl in Young town, Ohio.
lie mayb ntaded at (216) 746-5747,
hrough displays of knowledge
nd mental I rtn s,
Race relations are improving
in the United States despite riots
like those in Los Angeles, police
killings like that of Malice Green
in Detroit, Klan marches like
those in Ohio and Indiana, and
the resegregating of public
schools in various cities,
'This improv m nt indi tes a
slow but in vitable t nd that
will make America a mor active
melting pot. B tter - r 1 tions
among rac will continue as
long Am rica plays th role of
world leader and consid rs i If
a sanctu ry for th ppr
and th 1 nd of opportunity,
Signs that Bl cks and whit
coming c} r to th r are
th