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We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which was co-edited by Howard Zinn. The late great historian introduces the address.
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A day of hypocrisy
Darth Vader 😃😃😭
It's 2024, stop this nonsense. Every American has equality of rights and opportunity.
WOW
It wasn't slavery. It was a genocide!
Why don't they ask for checks, to go back to their homelands?
EXACTLY!
That’s what I call a speech. Frederick Douglass was force to be reckoned with. James Earl Jones is a fitting representative. Thanks for this inspiring video.
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the 4th of you, lie…
I really don't know how this channel is still available it's one of the most biased channels and has many times given false news either by purposely leaving out information or just straight out lying
All the American national holidays are evil.
Amazing how relevant it still is today
Voting for Biden and saying no to Project 2025. BLUE WAVE 2024
What is the fourth of July to the Mexicans???
Mr Douglass was right, wasn't he.
So they fought and died for this country. And the fight continues to this very day. Because of hate that still runs through many people will never die.
that voice 😍
FREDERICK DOUGLAS CHANGE HIS STAND ,HE AFTER STUDYING LYSANDER SPOONER GREW UP FROM THIS PITIFUL SPEECH , HE GREW TO SEE HIS LIBERTY FROM GOD , AS GOD IS THE UNALIENABLE RIGHT FIRST CREATED IN THE OLDEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
, AND GOD IS NOT WHITE SUPREMACY! GOD IS THE CREATOR, AND ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL , AND THIS UNCHANGING NATURAL LAW , FREED MEN FROM KING AND BLACKS FROM MASTERS, ,,EQUALLY , AND AS MUCH AS WHITES DEPRIVED THE SLAVE OF THEIR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS ,(GOD GIVEN LIBERTY WERE WITHIN THESE ORIGINAL PEOPLE , FRAUDED INTO SLAVERY .
BLACKS ARE THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF NATURAL RIGHTS ,PROOF IS LEFT AS EVIDENCE IN THEIR NTR OR GODS OF ANCIENT EGYPT. . WE TOO MUST GROW TO SEE CHRIST LIBERTY IN THE SOULS OF BLACKS FORCED INTO COTTEN FIELDS OF SLAVERY , BEING FRAUDED OUT OF THE LIBERTY OF CHRIST ,THE TRUTH THAT MAKES YOU FREE .
They out here celebrating being a slave setting off fire works 😢
What is the 4th of July for a slave? Well they would've been dead because the 4th wasn't made a holiday until 1941. If you're talking about the celebrations that took place before then. Then they probably thought. "Oh. They are celebrating something." not very complicated.
You know all this race crap is just to divide us and keep us from looking at the real problem, the rich and powerful right?
If Darth Vader was an abolitionist