did at Rochester‚ New York on July 5‚ 1852. I have noticed a lot of things about how there are so many things that people don’t think about or choose to think about. Fredrick Douglass did something that not many people would be able to do today. I thought that it was clever of Fredrick Douglass to use this great opportunity to let America know that this is a celebration of White independence‚ not Black independence. He let them know that the "white" Fourth of July has a completely different meaning
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abolitionists were rising in order to end slavery to allow everyone freedom they deserve. An abolitionist named Frederick Douglass was invited to give a speech as part of the Fourth of July celebrations. Within his speech‚ he wrote that there was a giant separation between men based on race‚ significance of the 4th of July to a slave‚ and how slavery was wrong. His purpose of creating the speech was to not only shed light on America’s hypocrisy‚ but to confront everyone that the truth that they don’t
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notes that the subordinate races‚ religions‚ genders‚ and sexualities all listed some type of identity if it was considered different from this mythical norm exert she sites on page one from “Age. Race. Class. and Sex: Women Redefining Difference.” Audre Lorde (EX: …In America‚ this norm is usually defined as white‚ thin‚ male‚ young‚ heterosexual‚ Christian‚ and financially secure.)
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Child (June 3‚ 1834) and Frederick Douglass‚ "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" (July 5‚ 1852). James R. Bradley was a slave in Arkansas where he was working to buy his freedom. Bradley wrote to Lydia Maria Child on June 3‚ 1834 since she was an abolitionist author and editor of an antislavery
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holiday commemorating the formal adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4‚ 1776‚ in Philadelphia. Although the signing of the Declaration was not completed until August‚ the Fourth of July holiday has been accepted as the official anniversary of United States independence and is celebrated in all states and territories of the U.S. The Fourth of July is traditionally celebrated publicly with parades and pageants‚ patriotic speeches‚ and organised firing of
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Feminism has undergone three waves of activity. First-wave feminism alludes to a developed time of women’s activist movement amid the nineteenth century and mid twentieth century in the United Kingdom and the United States. Initially it concentrated on the promotion of equal contract and property rights for women and the opposition to chattel marriage and ownership of married women (and their children) by their husbands. However‚ by the end of the nineteenth century‚ activism focused primarily on
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july 5‚ 2009 As many of us get set to barbecue and light fireworks‚ whether in conscious celebration of the Fourth or simply to enjoy an extended weekend‚ I think it’s worth considering the question posed by Frederick Douglass. The following are excerpts from a speech he gave in 1852 at an Independence Day commemoration sponsored by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester‚ NY. A longer excerpt and a link to the full text of the speech can be found at my blog. Fellow-citizens‚ pardon
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Legacy remains an integral aspect of the African American community as the honoring of generational influence has proved to be instrumental in racial identity and communal solidarity. From seventeenth-century slave novels progressing to contemporary black literature‚ artists use their social status and nobility to act as a vehicle for elucidating the younger generation of the predecessors that challenged racism and societal discrimination‚ hoping for future generations to carry that baton. African-American
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NUTRITION MONTH It is almost the school’s tradition that every year they do a Feeding Program for the Nutrition Month every month of July. Last 27th of July 2012‚ the Saint Francis of Assisi College’s fourth year high school students including the Home Study Students made a program where they will feed almost one hundred children from the Bertoni Day Care Center. Each fourth year student are assigned to handle a kid where they will take care of them‚ feed them and be the one who will guide them while
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direct way of asking or speaking‚ the men’s sees the women’s style as clumsy and rude. The men’s always sees women’s style as negative‚ powerless and in lower status than them. In the article‚ “Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” by Audre Lorde‚ Lorde’s illustrates the main idea of breaking silence and standing up for yourself‚ also make your fear into you strength and power. Lorde illustrates that you should break your
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