Is it self evident that “all men are created equal” ?
It’s interesting that you seem to see the role of religion as being beneficial to the US civil rights movement and supporting the belief that ‘all men are created equal.’ I see traditional religious attitudes, especially at the time the US constitution was written, during the civil rights struggle, and in many churches right up to the present day, as being a stumbling block to the acceptance of the concept that ‘all men are created equal’ and something to be overcome before that credo can be manifested and enacted in our society. The fact that Martin Luther King was a religious man was helpful to his image and made him slightly more palatable to white Americans, many of whom frankly, were threatened by and viewed the idea of integration, one man/one vote and the abolishment of Jim Crow and the ideals behind separate but equal with abject fear and distaste. I think it’s because it was easier to accept someone with a shared ‘Christian’ emphasis as a leader of ANYTHING, even though he was
