European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Archie Moore i Wen Bow in a ghetto atm ill fight the Man who Calls me Uncle Tom vows sex Champ Archie Moore. Editors note Archie Moore the retired ugh heavyweight Cham Pion of the world and one of the most articulate of All boxers wrote a state ment of his beliefs for the san Diego Union which evoked wide Reader in Terest. The Union has Given Permis Sion to the associated press for its reprinting. A by Archie Moore it he Devil is at work in America Al and it is up to us to drive him out. Snipers and looters White or Black de serve no mercy. Those who would profit from their brother s misfortunes de serve no mercy and those who would set fellow americans upon each other deserve no mercy. I la fight the Man who Calls me a Uncle Tom. I have broken bread with Heads of state chatted with president Sand travelled All Over the world. I was born in a ghetto but i refused to Sta there. I am a negro and proud to be one. I am also an american and a proud of that. The Young people of today think the have a hard lot. They should have been around in the 1930s when i was coming up in St. Louis. We had no Way to go but a lot of us made it. I became Light heavyweight boxing Champion of the world. A neighbor kid Down the Block Glare Terry became one of the most famous jazz musicians in the were doctors lawyers and chiefs who came out of that ghetto. One of the top policemen in St. Louis came from our made it because we had a goal and we were willing to work for t talk to me of your guaranteed National income. Any fool knows that this is insanity. Do we bring those who worked to get ahead Down to the level of those who never gave a Damn the. World owes nobody Black or White at. Living. God helps the Man who helps himself 1 now then Don t get the idea that i did t grow up hating the injustices of the world i am a staunch advocate of til e Nej o revolution for the Good of Mankind. I be seen almost unbelievable made in the last handful of years. Do we want to become wild beasts Bent Only on revenge looting and killing and laying America Bare hate is bait bait for the simple minded. Sure i despised the Whites who cheated me but i used that feeling to make me push on. If you listen to the professional rabble routers adhere to this idea of giving up everything you regained in order to revenge yourself for the wrongs that were done to you inthe past then you d better watch your neighbor because hell be looting you House next. Law and order is the Only Edge we have. No Man is an Island. Granted the negro still has a Longway to go to gain a fair shake with the White Man in this country. But believe this if we resort to lawlessness the Only thing we can Hope for is civil War untold bloodshed and the end of our dreams. E have to have a meeting of qualified men of both races. Mind you isaid qualified men not some Punk kid ranting the catch phrases put in his Mouth by some paid hate Monger. There Are forces in the world today forces Ben upon the destruction of America your America and m Ine. And while we re on the subject do you doubt for one minute that communism world communism in t waiting with bated breath for the Black and White americans to turn on each other full Force do you want a Chance for life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness in the land of your birth or do you want no Chance at All under the red Heel there Are members of the Blac Community who Call for a separate nation within America. Well i do not in tend to give up one Square Inch of America. I m not going to be told i must live in a restricted area. In t that what we Veall been fighting to overcome and then there is the ele ment that Calls for a return to Africa. For my part Africa is a great Placebo visit but 1 would t want to live there. If the irishmen want to go Backoo the Emerald Isle let them. If the slavs want to return to the Iron curtain area of by me. But i m not going to any part of Africa to live. I m proud of my ancestry and of the country that spawned my forefathers but i m no giving up my country. I fought All my life to give my children what i m a Leto give them today a Chance for development As citizens in the greatest country in the world. I do not for a moment think that an truly responsible negro wants anarchy. I Don t think you la find intelligent no let s rephrase that mature negroes running wild in the streets or sniping a total strangers. God made the White Man As Well As the Black. True we Haven t acted As Brothers in the past but we Are Brothers. If we re to be Romany Cains and Abels that s our Choice. We can t blame god for it. Something must be done to reach the negroes and the Whites in the ghettos of this country and i propose to do something. As a matter of Plain fact i have Bee doing something for the past several years. I have been running a program which i Call the Abc any boy can. By teaching our youth Black White yellow and red what dignity is what self respect is what Honor is i have been Able to obliterate juvenile Delin Quency in several areas. I would now expand my program change scope. If any boy can surely any Man can. I want to take teams of qualified people top men in their Fields to the troubled areas of our cities. I know that the people who participated in the recent riots who Are participating and who will participate Are mis guided rather than mad. If some bigot can misguide then ican guide. I be spent too much of my life building what i be got to put it tothe Torch just to satisfy some ancient hatred of a Man who beat my grand father. Those men Are Long dead. Do we have to choke what could be Beautiful Garden with weeds of hate i say no and i stand ready to Start operation i invite the respected negro leaders of our country to join me. Any boy can says Archie and he spends his time teaching youth a better Dpi Way. Friday september 29, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 11
