Where Frederick Douglass 4th of July Message Notes In his speech to the Rochester Ladies' Anti Slavery Society on 7/5/1852, he would make it plain for those of us of color who fail to see the irony of this holiday. Here is a piece: Fellow citizens; above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions! - whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday,are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilee shouts that reach them...Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly bids herself to be false to the future.... What to the American slave is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religous parade and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deciption, impiety, hypocrisy - a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States, at this very hour".... Frederick Douglass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From imanifoundation Calendar __._,_.___ Subscribe by sending an email: imanifoundation-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to: imanifoundation-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com The information, language and views presented in our e-blasts are not necessarily consistent with the views and opinions of Seko Varner, the members, sponsors, or administration of the e-group. SPONSORS: Sound Way to easy reading 757-638-8126 http://soundway2.com G&G Assoc Tax & Financial Consulting Services http://www.gngassociates.net Getting married ? Visit http://www.happilyeverafter.be Positive Vibes Literature 757-523-1399 http://positivevibe.shopadtv.com Promote your event or service by sponsoring The Conscious Community. $30 annually serves the community and presents your message to many Conscious-Minded, prosperous, and viable members of the Conscious Community via direct email, via a blog , & on both our FACEBOOK group and profile. Email imanifoundation@yahoo.com for more details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Conscious Community (T.C.C.) is an e-group which promotes the Uplift of People of Afrikan descent by distributing information from our content providers. The information distributed will have various tones, perspectives, and positions. All the information is focused upon the concept of Black Improvement ! Imani on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/Black.Improvement FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Improvement-Movement/230284697030963 http://www.blackimprovement.blogspot.com http://www.blackimprovementmedia.blogspot.com http://www.blackimprovemententertainment.blogspot.com http://www.blackimprovementeconomics.blogspot.com http://theconsciouscommunity.blogspot.com 
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