July 5: the day Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
To commemorate that day, I turn to the voices of
john a powell:
michelle alexander:
john lewis:
“For it is not the light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, it is thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass, 5 July, 1852
