Transcript of shorthand notes taken by Det. Sgt. Bettye,
Peeial Branch, of parts of a speech made by Roy SAWH at a
meeting held under the auspices of the Universal Coloured

Peoples Association at eakers' 
15th. August, 1967. crner, Hyde ark, .1, on

Let me salute you by Saying Black is a new idea'
we have been waiting a long time for. In the same way that the
Viet Cong in Vietnam have got their idea then I think black
power is the answer to the black people's problem throughout
the world. There are many white people who are terribly.
worried about what black power means, but for those of you
who have not the slightest idea let me tell you what it means.
It means the destruction of the white man's What do
we mean by When the white man talks of violence
he means the killing of innocent people in England and not
Hong Kong. When we talk about violence we are talking about
fighting the enemy with all the means available in trying
to get the white man off the black man's Michael??5..
gave a beautiful analogy of what the whole structure of the
white man's society is. ?This is what he says: 'England is like
an oct0pus with tentacles stretching all over the 
Everywhere wants to get rid of the brothers in
a little peice off. This<ioes not get rid
of it. The only way is to out the head off. Since the head
is in England and we are in England and we acted together and
destroy that head, we can free our power must
enter a new phase and some of you who have seen what has happened
to Michael"X" when he was arrested,by now must know many speakers,
including myself,are apt to be very soon getting a visit from
the police telling us that we have contravened section 1(b)
of the Race Relations Act, an act that was made by white people
without asking black people. This is very, very important,
because how can a white man make a law for black people without

asking black people what do we think about the law. We say, and
am saying this in all sincerity Black people must start

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rejecting the white man's load.

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Black people must start rejecting.