Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of “Voices of a People’s History of the United States,”.

Kwibohora, also known as Liberation Day, is a public holiday in Rwanda which is celebrated on 4 July. It commemorates the defeat of the previous Habyarimana regime and the Rwandan Armed Forces by the Rwandan Patriotic Front in the Rwandan Civil War, thus ending the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda.

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

well well well, welcome to hell
   have you had enough yet?
      how much is too much regret?
    are you upset?
     or did you already forget?
     
    more people complacent
       more lack of amazement 
       how bad does it have to get?
     
   I'm sick of the sickness
       sick of the quiet witness
        sick of resentment
         sick of the lack of resistance
         
 How Bad does it have to get?
              
        I'm exhausted       
 
        and I feel like giving up
        
  apparently we have had enough
      
   Are we there yet? 

Where is the transformation? where is the proclamation? where is the condemnation? 

How bad does it have to get?

How bad does it have to get?

"Amid anti-LGBTQ+ extremists protesting at area schools, Los Angeles Unified School District President Jackie Goldberg, who identifies as a lesbian, spoke out against the vitriol this week."
Read more HERE:  
https://qvoicenews.com/2023/06/11/jackie-goldberg-lausd-president-calls-out-anti-gay-protesters/

What Do You Think That Did?

Swamps of Sadness

I could go for a hot dog and some beer
Or I could embrace This fear

This is why I hate the fourth of July
The deeper u go comma it comes as no surprise
Public school history, is basically all a live
Doesn't even mention all the countless that died

I don't want a hot dog or a beer,
I want these walls to disappear

This is why I hate the fourth of July
People unwilling to listen, From the other side
Political purgatory where nobody crosses the aisle
And the effects of colonialism is alive... And well

I don't want a hot dog or a beer,
Independence isn't clear

How unpatriotic, now I'm offended.
Some people attack it, others defend it.
But all whistle blowers... are upended
800 billion dollar military recommended
Just like your life, how would you spend it
 its the U.S. vs us

This Is Why I Hate The 4th of July

Living-room Sesh 2

I found the right sesh #3, this was also conceived on that faithful day in the living-room.

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