Patrice Lumumba: Speech at the Proclamation of Congolese Independence

Glossary

• Declaration of the Rights of Man [and Citizen] document drafted during the French Revolution, adopted as the preamble to the constitution in 1791 and setting forth the beliefs animating the new government: that all men were equal; that the people should rule; and that the rights to life, liberty, and security were inalienable
• Your Majesty King Baudouin of Belgium