Does the American Creed Apply to Blacks?

All men are created equal. All men are free to develop their own aspirations, without regard to race or religion. All men have a right to live according to the principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which our forefathers sacrificed their lives and fortunes. All men are entitled to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. That is the creed of America.
That is the creed that white people have had the privilege to live by for centuries, ever since our country was founded. Not so for the black people. The black people were brought to this count…