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July 4 is Different for African Americans, Black America
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July 5, 2021
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10:20Now PlayingAfrican Americans have always been ambivalent about celebrating the nation's independence.
Frederick Douglass wrote, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" From slavery to Jim Crow to police brutality, some Black Americans see July 4 not as a patriotic celebration but as a day to get together with family and friends. Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross, Princeton University professor Dr. Lauren Wright and BNC Washington D.C. correspondent Bofta Yimam join Del Walters on "DC Today" to discuss the topic. Cross says she does not see the holiday the same way others in the country do because African Americans are still fighting for equal rights. Dr. Wright says there’s nothing more “quintessentially American” then questioning our country’s history.
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