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When White Nationalism Marches on Washington

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| Footnotes by Jemar Tisby
If this piece helps you see ideological throughlines clearly, share it with someone who still thinks 1926 is ancient history, and subscribe to Footnotes so you get the true story every week. On the Fourth of July, the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, hate once again marched in the nation’s capital. A white nationalist group called Patriot Front took to the streets wearing white masks and sunglasses.
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The Other Frederick Douglass' 4th of July Speech "TheSlaveholders' Rebellion"

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| Challenger Community News
The formerly enslaved and renowned abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, offered a famous oration called “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” In the 1852 speech, he eloquently pointed out the bitter irony of celebrating liberty while simultaneously enslaving millions of Black people in the United States. In light of this hypocrisy, Douglass asked, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” But this is not the only speech Douglass gave on the topic of Independence Day.
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Footnotes by Jemar Tisby

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From the week before Juneteenth to today, I have published 10 articles and podcasts related to America 250. All for free. But this work is costly, and I need your support. Become a paid subscriber today. Anniversaries are never just celebrations. They are arguments about the past and identity. They tell us who we were, who we are, and who we must become.
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