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Speaking before a throng of people one fourth of July in Hollywood Bowl, the late Associate Justice Frank Murphy of the U.S. Supreme Court, used strong language against American fanatics who are spreading racial hate and religious bigotry. He…

This week the Nation celebrates its 174 independence anniversary. But denial of individual rights and freedoms in America is enough to put the guarantors of Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness to shame. The starring role played by the Federal…

"The 98th Anniversary of out national Independence was celebrated on Saturday in fine style. The arrangements made by Colonel Nocross, Grand Marshal were elaborate and complete. He was ably assisted in his duties by Judge J. C. Palmer, President of…

"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…

“To a certain Chinaman is attributed the statement: “Melican people elect gleat [sic] monument over the grave of George Washington, who never tell a lie, but Melican people go light ‘long an’ lie like hellee [sic], ev’ly [sic] time.” And this is…

"Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17 I clipped the following from the New York Herald-Tribune of July 4,
1931: “Detroit, July 3. Folded into a tiny coop where his chin rests on his knees and his arms
cannot be stretched full length, Ike Morrow is headed back…

“They call this “Independence Day,” And boastfully are wont to say “This nation ought of right to be, And is, from all oppressors free.”

Meanwhile, the tyrants, graft and greed, Sordid and selfish venal need, With callaused…

“Years ago the late Paul Lawrence Dunbar, while living in Chicago, was requested by one of the daily papers to contribute an article on ‘Independence Day’. He did. The title of it was: ‘And yet we celebrate.’ It was a masterpiece in which the colored…

"The fourth of July used to be a day that all Americans, regardless of race, creed, color, or station in life, could feel a sense of unity and discard, for a day at least all thoughts of inequality and inequalities and lose themselves in the…

"CHICAGO – America’s celebration of the Fourth of July reveals to the colored soldier more than anything else the injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim, Colden Brown of New
York City told the March-on-Washington Convention…

"I try to hibernate on the 4th of July. The nauseating flag waving and the jingoistic rhetoric drives me to distraction. Yes, the cook-outs and concerts and the other events are pleasant enough, but I usually stay at home so that there is not the…

"As we celebrate the bicentennial of our constitution, we should ask whether we’re living out its principles. The function of any constitution is to establish the role of government. China and South Africa have constitution’s, yet their people…

"A group of distinguished citizens of the black race assembled last Sunday under interesting and intelligent auspices at one of the local schools to celebrate Pre-Independence day. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth articles of the Constitution…

"ATLANTA--Speaking at in Independence Day rally of the NAACP, holding its annual meeting here, Dr. James M. Narbit jr., president of Howard university in Washington, D.C., and calling for “an all-out, renewed and relentless struggle” by Negroes for…

"The young man who was sun struck while sitting in a gentleman’s parlor on the 4th of July is improving.
The question, has women any rights that men are bound to respect, was severely discussed by several young men at a support on the 4th inst.
The…

Senator Pat Harrison (Democrat, Mississippi) delivered the principal Fourth of July address in the U.S. Government-owned Sylvan theatre, Washington, last week, in which (as reported in the daily papers):

“He paid tribute to the ‘three million…

"Chicago, July 23—J.G. Holmes. A white man of Cedar Rapids Iowa hits one “Frank Harris” a stinging blow, in a special letter to the Chicago Tribune. If one is looking for a statement with a “Kick” in it, here it is:
Says Mr. Holmes: “I see that…

"There is a high and vibrant sense of expectancy that fills the languid days of summer as our nation awaits the garand and multifaceted rites associates with Independence Day.
The cares and tribulations of the day are lost, at least temporarily, to…

"July Fourth - Independence Day- was just celebrated.
But maybe we should call it off in the future.
The celebration of the 4th of July today is a monumental act of hypocrisy and gross disrespect for our Founding Fathers who had the greatest…

"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…

"Everyone and his brother, from the White House on down, sought to tie his moral convictions, his politics or his identity to the Fourth of July. The leaders of some of the many protests against the war in Vietnam scheduled a gathering in Washington,…

"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…

"Where was the Negro on that day in ’76,
When the fearless patriots laid down the pen;
The document signed that before earth and heaven,
Proclaimed them to be forever free men?
Perhaps Black Sampson worked amid the wheat,
Swinging his…

"Just what does the Fourth of July mean to you ? This question, if put to white citizens of America, would draw such replies as you have heard made in speeches and have read in books all your lives. But, if put directly to you, what would it mean?…

“One More Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is a blessed day and symbol in the history of this nation. It is indeed the favorite of our national holidays, for were we not able to celebrate it we should scarcely have occasion to commemorate other…
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