“What To The American Slave, Is Your 4th of July?”

An example of speaking truth to power. In honor of Frederick and so many others, and in acknowledgement of all that is left still to do, I share this excerpt from Frederick Douglas’ speech from July 5, 1852.

Full Transcript: “What To The Slave, Is Your 4th of July?”

Ubuntu,

From Aspiring Humanitarian, Relando Thompkins-Jones, MSW, LLMSW

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