He would have called himself a race man. It’s a not uncommon term among black activists that was in use from the time of the abolitionist movement. It’s means commitment to working on behalf of the race. It’s not in any way an insult. it’s a commitment to freeing one’s people.
In a world that largely speaking sought to keep him down because of his skin color.
He was a man committed to freeing his people is what he was. You keep assuming that he’d agree with the modern RACIST party. He would not. He’d be out there on the street with BLM, opposing police violence, mass incarceration, segregation, and concentration camps. WHATEVER he thought about the modern tax code.
Maybe you’re just confusing him with Booker T. Washington?
