FREDERICK DOUGLASS’S “FOURTH OF JULY” SPEECH (1852)

July 5, 1852 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens Fellow-citizens, I shall not presume to dwell at length on the associations that cluster about this day. The simple story of…

Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

JAYLA WHITFIELD-ANDERSON On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, as 13 colonies separated from Great Britain and established the United States of America. But while the Fourth…