“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

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 ...

Born on the Fifth of July: The next 250 years start now, so let’s get to work

What now? The excesses, stupidity and insensitive garishness of the chief executive’s American birthday celebration for ...