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In 1852 abolitionist, orator, and former slave Frederick Douglass delivered his most famous speech: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July”—a blistering review of the gap between the ideals of America and its failures in practice. Should be the centerpiece of July 4 celebration
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“Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us...The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth [of] July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”bit.ly/29lNffs
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“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Standing with God and the crushed and bleeding slave on this occasion, I will, in the name of humanity which is outraged, in the name of liberty which is fettered, ...
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...in the name of the constitution and the Bible, which are disregarded and trampled upon, dare to call in question and to denounce, with all the emphasis I can command, everything that serves to perpetuate slavery—the great sin and shame of America!
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O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.
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We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; ... the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.
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In 1939 singer Marian Anderson, offered an historic free concert at the Lincoln Memorial after Constitution Hall—citing its “whites only” policy—refused to allow her to perform.
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Reviewing past models for the “Salute to America”
Big 4th of July in D.C. “Salute to America.” The Pentagon & our great Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this & showing to the American people, among other things, the strongest and most advanced Military anywhere in the World. Incredible Flyovers & biggest ever Fireworks!
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The organization of my father’s library reflects his peculiar preoccupations: Evil, Lies, Omnicide, First-Strike, Genocide, Bombing Civilians... Always amazed by his capacity to contemplate these things without giving up on hope. @DanielEllsberg
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Bd Antonio Rosmini (d 7/1/1855) in 1848 published “Five Wounds of the Church,” a sweeping critique of the church and the self-imposed afflictions that impeded its mission, including clericalism, the compromise with temporal power, and the enslavement of the church by riches
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