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enunciated its separate but equal doctrine, and there was
a 14th Amendment when thousands of American citizens
were sent to concentration camps in 1940's solely because
of their national origin.
Therefore, I suggest that we cannot and should
not rely solely on the Supreme Court to bear the burden
of -the questions for equal justice; nor can we remain
Bilent in this Constitution, for as Delegate Kiefer has
already stated last week, we have a duty to posterity to
provide a timeless declaration of rights.
Certainly we would be remiss not to address
ourselves to a centuries-old problem that has caused
Marylanders more anguish than any other problem it has
ever confronted. Justice has followed a very irregular
road in this state.
I think that a very brief look at our history
will show the erratic course of reform that underscores
the need to take some sort of positive statement. Under
the Constitution of 1776, a Negro who fulfilled the same
qualifications as a white man could vote and late in the
next decade, one of the world's first anti-slavery