"CLEVELAND, Ohio- Now that the Fourth of July celebrations are over the fire-crackers have fizzled out and even the yelling has stopped.
I wonder if half the Americans really know what they were celebrating. Do they know that the first man to give…
“...One of his great speeches prior to the Civil War was delivered at Rochester, New York, on July 5 1852.
Among his trenchant phrases was “This fourth of July is yours. Not mine. You may Rejoice. I must Mourn.”
“To Drag a man in fetters in-to the…
“We always think of Frederick Douglass making that speech in Philadelphia, during the celebration of Independence, when he was asked to speak, he said: “Why did you call on me to speak on such a glorious and honorable occasion when four million of my…
"(Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from the important address delivered by Frederick Douglass at Rochester, N.Y. on July 4, 1852. The AFRO thinks the great freedom fighter’s remarks are still relevant today and recommends them for your…
"Hon. Frederick Douglass, according to his usual custom celebrated the Fourth of July by inviting a large circle of friends including all his relations to join in a union picnic. The day was warm one, and it was a real treat to spend a day at so…
"On Friday February, 22nd Chancellor Wm. E. Boggs of the University of Georgia, accompanied by Prof Otis Ashmore of the Commission of Georgia State Industrial College and Mr. Roberson of Ginn and Co., visited the college and examined several classes.…
"What to the American Slave is the Fourth of July? I answer a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty an…
"The editorial which appeared in the AFRO-AMERICAN entitled “What to us is the fourth of July?” as not only timely but one that should receive the serious consideration of every Negro. In logic and freedom of expression it ranks in the same category…
“When one recounts the civil rights era in America from the dark days of slavery before the Civil War to sit-ins in the 1960’s and the efforts today to preserve the gains of the past, a number of remarkable strong-willed persons come to mind.
For…