I’m referring, of course, to the famous 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Because, frankly, you could substitute Black for Slave throughout and it would still resonate. Douglass decried the many ways America’s treatment of Black folks made a mockery of its Declaration of Independence and founding… Read more.
Douglass Damned Its Inherent Hypocrisy, but July 4th Has Many…
Monday, July 4, 2022 at 11:53 AM