The July Fourth holiday is framed as a day to celebrate America's independence. But the contradictions of a nation celebrating such a day, while Black people remained marginalized, was masterfully presented by Fredrick Douglass on July 5, 1852. With his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,' Douglass presented the harsh reality … Continued

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