•This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the  Inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness it is obvious  today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead  of honoring  this sacred obligation,America has giving the negro people  a bad  check  which  has come  back marked “ insufficient funds” but we refuse to believe that that the bank of justice is bankrupt we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation