He remembered studying the colonial government that kept eight million people landless, locked in special quarters, barred from the streets and schools, restless and rioting...

13 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:16:10 in the radio play.

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[...]

- I see. We'd have no objection to your entering if we were sure you were here for peaceful purposes.

- What harm could I do?

- You could spread dissatisfaction among natives. In fact, our government believes that's why you're here.

- Are the natives so easily dissatisfied?

- Natives are always dissatisfied.

- We'll admit you, but we suggest you stay away from the native quarters. You might be mistaken for one of them.

- He remembered studying the colonial government that kept eight million people landless, locked in special quarters, barred from the streets and schools, restless and rioting...

- And he sought them out and talked to their teachers and editors, and went with an editor to his hotel...

- Clerk? I'd like air extra room tonight for my guest.

- Is he a Negro?

- The same as I.

- I mean, a native?

- He is.

- The hotels here don't take in native Africans. You'll have to take your friend somewhere else.

- Yes, he remembered that the natives were unfree in their own land.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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