Gerald Horne – History of Fourth of July, the Counter-Revolution of 1776 & Present Day Implications

July 4, 2023, Gerald Horne on Building Bridges on WBAI with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash discussing the History of Fourth of July, the Counter-Revolution of 1776 & Present Day Implications.

This show also the July 5, 1852, keynote address given Frederick Douglass entitled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” which he gave at an Independence Day celebration event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. Actor James Earl Jones reads the speech.

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