You Can Only Die Once,

I Am Very Happy Here [on Cuba], But I Feel I Have Work To Do In The United States. It's Where I Can Identify With The Total World Struggle For Socialism. But I Think As A North American, As A Black North American, I Have Certain Understandings - Certain Contributions - To Make That Are Unique To The North Amerian Experience.

I Would Like To Say That Racial Attitude And Prejudice Are Probably Here...it Is Very Difficult To Act This Out - Discrimination - Discrimination Is An Act. After You Have The Prejudices, The Disciminations Come Out, If There Is An Institution For It But The Cubans Have Attempted To Create Institutions Free Of Discrimination.

I Expected To Die. At No Time Before The Trial Did I Expect To Escape With My Life. Yet Being Executed In The Gas Chamber Did Not Necessarily Mean Defeat. It Could Be One More Step To Bring The Community To A Higher Level Of Consciousness.

You Can Only Die Once, So Do Not Die A Thousand Times Worrying About It.

But Before We Die, How Shall We Live? I Say With Hope And Dignity; And If Premature Death Is The Result, That Death Has A Meaning Reactionary Suicide Can Never Have. It Is The Price Of Self-respect.