To Protest Against Injustice Is The Foundation

When In Gregg V. Georgia The Supreme Court Gave Its Seal Of Approval To Capital Punishment, This Endorsement Was Premised On The Promise That Capital Punishment Would Be Administered With Fairness And Justice. Instead, The Promise Has Become A Cruel And Empty Mockery. If Not Remedied, The Scandalous State Of Our Present System Of Capital Punishment Will Cast A Pall Of Shame Over Our Society For Years To Come. We Cannot Let It Continue.

To The Contrary, The Government They Devised Was Defective From The Start, Requiring Several Amendments, A Civil War And Momentous Social Transformation To Attain The System Of Constitutional Government, And Its Respect For The Individual Freedoms And Human Rights, We Hold As Fundamental Today.

Some May More Quietly Commemorate The Suffering, Struggle, And Sacrifice That Has Triumphed Over Much Of What Was Wrong With The Original Document, And Observe The Anniversary With Hopes Not Realized And Promises Not Fulfilled. I Plan To Celebrate The Bicentennial Of The Constitution As A Living Document, Including The Bill Of Rights And The Other Amendments Protecting Individual Freedoms And Human Rights.

The United States Has Been Called The Melting Pot Of The World. But It Seems To Me That The Colored Man Either Missed Getting Into The Pot Or He Got Melted Down.

We Must Dissent From The Fear.