It is not what the black man wants -- it boils down to :
What will the black man do to raise himself from the depths of modern slave pens called the welfare-state?
Many have already freed themselves - just as did Justice Douglas over a hundred years ago all the way to the present time - but the power of the democrat slave machine keeps them down and powerless.
It has to be an individual effort or NOTHING is learned or earned. If it is not earned - it is definitely not respected.
Although there are many who genuinely need help, a problem with the welfare state is that it discourages initiative and personal responsibility. It specifically discourages folk from lifting themselves out of poverty. Clearly Douglass understood this very well.
The welfare state was a government takeover and subsidy of the slave economy. Instead of cotton and such, the currency is votes.