WHAT IS 4TH OF JULY TO THE AMERICAN SLAVE?

IMAGE CREDIT:en.wikipedia.org Frederick Douglass' RESPONSE Actor Danny Glover reads abolitionist Frederick Douglass's "Fourth of July Speech, 1852" on October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.) Voices of a People's History of the United States SHARED FROM So in wishing you all a safe and enjoyable 4th of July, I include a list of events that occurred on the 4th of July— reminders of our past and present, and hope for our future. Enjoy the links and have a happy 4th of July Presidential 1826: President John Adams died on the 4th of July in Quincy, Massachusetts 1826: President Thomas Jefferson died on the 4th of July in Monticello, Virginia 1831: President James Monroe was born on the 4th of July in Richmond, Virginia 1872: President Calvin Coolidge was born on the 4th of July in Plymouth, Vermont 1850: President Zachary Taylor took ill on the 4th of July and died on the 9th 1998: President and Mrs. Obama’s daughter Malia was born on the 4th of July in Chicago, Illinois NASA 1997: Mars Pathfinder lands on Mars on the 4th of July 2005: Deep Impact intercepts comet on the 4th of July 2006: STS-121 Launched on the 4th of July Activists 1852: Federick Douglass delivers impassioned speech on the 4th of July 1946: Ron Kovic born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin on the 4th of July (Tom Cruise later portrayed Ron Kovic in the movie “Born on the 4th of July”) Sharon Kyle