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“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…

BOSTON, MASS., June 1, 1927---
“Last Week’s continued rate of “two lynchings a week: has aroused fresh interest in the proposal urged by the National Equal Rights League that June 17th, anniversary of Bunker Hill be everywhere publicly celebrated…

"A capacity crowd jammed the auditorium of the New Wendell Phillips high school last Sunday for the observance of a pre-Independence Day celebration sponsored by a group of business and professional people, headed by Attorney Richard E.…

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…

“The fourth brought with it its usual noise, excursions, casualties, and other evidence of patriotism, but has left behind it a long train of duties unperformed and promises unkept. Congress has adjourned without giving expression to its…

"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…

"Independence Day commonly known as the Fourth of July is the day for the white man. It was on that day that the white man declared his independence and swore allegiance to America. This declaration made the white man of America free but enslaved the…

"The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776 . This Saturday we celebrate the 155th anniversary of the day upon which our colonial forefathers determined to separate themselves from England.

The main part of the Declaration may be…

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Lest we forget, even amid this loud din of…

Morgantown, N.C., July 8.— "A mob estimated at more than 2,000 whites, business men and church workers, started the celebration of the Fourth of July at Linville Falls, 30 miles from here, Sunday by piercing the body of Broadus Miller, alleged slayer…

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"Lynching a black person along with baseball’s hot dogs and 4th of July picnics is an American tradition. Scapegoats politics or blame the victim vigilantism, always services whenever the political establishment turned its back on civil rights for…

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