Woke AF Daily 7/5/21 - What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
- Podcast Episode
- 2021
The Fourth of July is a complicated, layered holiday in America. A holiday that is filled with contradictions of independence, patriotism, and freedom, that was being celebrated while millio... Read allThe Fourth of July is a complicated, layered holiday in America. A holiday that is filled with contradictions of independence, patriotism, and freedom, that was being celebrated while millions of enslaved people were building this nation. The best telling of these contradictions ... Read allThe Fourth of July is a complicated, layered holiday in America. A holiday that is filled with contradictions of independence, patriotism, and freedom, that was being celebrated while millions of enslaved people were building this nation. The best telling of these contradictions are in Fredrick Douglass' speech he gave on July 5, 1852.