“When the Constitution was written, a strange formula to determine taxes
and representation declared that the Negro was 60 percent of a person.
Today another curious formula seems to declare he is 50 percent of a
person. Of the good things in life he has approximately one-half those of
whites; of the bad he has twice those of whites. . .Negroes have half the
income of whites. . .There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant
mortality. . .is double that of whites.” Words of Dr. MLK