[Intro]
It seems to me that the artist's struggle for his integrity is a kind of metaphor--must be considered as a metaphor for the struggle which is universal and daily of all human beings on the face of this terrifying globe to get to become human beings. It is not your fault, it is not my fault that I write. I would never come before you in the position of a complainant for doing something that I must do. What we might get at this evening if we are lucky... If my mic doesn't fail, my voice holds out--you ask me questions... Is what the importance of this effort is
This is dedicated to all of my people. Negroes and Latinos
Even the gringos