The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand ...

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were ...

When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, both 'pursuit' and 'happiness' had secondary definitions that change the meaning of ... Here’s why the Fourth of July is illuminated ...

In The Tradition will perform songs interlaced with readings of excerpts from Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.” In the speech, given in New York to ...