I think it is fair that the African people of Northern Rhodesia themselves should elect their own representatives.

Excerpt quoting Robinson during the debates from the Hansard report of the African Representative Council, Seventh Session of the Third Council, June, 1958.

The topics of the debates included electoral reform, the right to hold public meetings, trade unionism,race discrimination, the purchase of firearms, and several other subjects.

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African Representative Council, June, 1958

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