07/04/2020
“What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham, your boast of liberty an unholy license, your national greatness swelling vanity, your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless.”
“This fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice. I must mourn. Fellow citizens, above your national tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions.”
“The feeling of the nation must be quickened. The conscience of the nation must be roused. The propriety of the nation must be startled. The hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed. And its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.”
-Frederick Douglass
President Donald Trump honored Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more."
Still an "Ally?" If you've been reciting "Black Lives Matter," Then you should also be reading, listening to, and internalizing Douglass' speech as a great start to this "holiday celebration".
The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. In this short film, five young descendants of Frederick Do...
