Abstract
The American Republic was founded in the belief that 'all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' (Declaration of Independence) [1]. Yet without attempting to distract from the enormous achievements of that Republic in the last two hundred years it is undeniably true that the position of the Black in American society has never matched the fine ideals expressed by the Founding Fathers. As John O. Killens put it recently: Most of us came here in chains and many of you came here to escape from chains, your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies the bitter difference in the way we look at life. [2]
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