PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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The U.S. was economically blessed to have slavery.
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The U.S. should mourn its dead soldiers.
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July 4th is a celebration for whites only.
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Blacks and whites should unite.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does Douglass mean when he says, “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common”? While white men and women are celebrating their independence as a country, African-American men and women are still fighting for theirs from those very same white men and women.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his Fourth of July speech, why does Douglass say to his audience that “The Fourth of July is yours, not mine"? He contends that the liberty affirmed by the holiday has been denied to African Americans such as himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -#1 “If there is no struggle, there is no progress."