Independence Day - KOLUMN Magazine

Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

When the Fourth of July Was a Black Holiday | The Atlantic

July 9, 2018African American History, Black History ...

After the Civil War, African Americans in the South transformed Independence Day into a celebration of their newly won freedom.

How Frederick Douglass Challenged the Hypocrisy of Independence Day | Colorlines

July 5, 2018African American Activist, African American History ...

“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim.”