 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
[A reply to a letter seeking support for imprisoned leaders of the Negro people of Harlem, March 31, 1965]
[.. I wholeheartedly condemn the shocking persecution in New York of those who speak up on behalf of the oppressed Negroes of Harlem. ... Its inhabitants are brutalised at every moment of their lives by police, poverty and indignity. ... Nothing more clearly indicates the hand of oppression in America than the indictment of American radicals for having instigated these riots. ... The very people responsible for the decades of misery in Harlem indict the passionate opponents of their practice. ... Were I in New York I should certainly be guilty of trying to overthrow the Government of the State of New York.]
Source: Dear Bertrand Russell, 1969
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