‘What To My People Is The Fourth Of July?’

Amidst the national uprising for racial justice, ’Hamilton’ star @DaveedDiggs and a collective of Black artists created this evocative video inspired by Frederick Douglass’ ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ pic.twitter.com/FFcCVVeWcr

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 3, 2020

‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’

A Special 4th

Happy Fourth of July, everybody! This is always a great day in the Obama family: a chance to celebrate America—and Malia’s birthday, too. Hope all of you are able to get some time with friends, family, and fireworks. pic.twitter.com/Gn9kVCCnuf

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 4, 2019

Malia Obama turns 21 today!! Happy birthday to our forever first daughter! 🎂 pic.twitter.com/yHWN9dllc9

— ESSENCE (@Essence) July 4, 2019

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An Independence Day favorite from our archives. Happy Fourth of July! pic.twitter.com/OVotIqA2CA

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) July 4, 2019

Happy birthday Malia Obama! pic.twitter.com/mZsOiOeP3x

— Affinity Magazine (@TheAffinityMag) July 4, 2019

The 4th

This is my form of patriotism: pic.twitter.com/w1bRopSSPC

— Broderick (@BroderickGreer) July 4, 2017

Before you celebrate the Fourth, I do think it is important to read Frederick Douglass' July 4th oration. https://t.co/ZufgCzUYMQ pic.twitter.com/OoufvUlTGd

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 4, 2017

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https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/882243487785037824

The ghost of Frederick Douglass came down & said enjoying your ribs today isn't mutually exclusive from critiquing America. You can do both.

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 4, 2017

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It shouldn't have to be said at this point but critiquing this country doesn't prevent one frm loving it. It's how you know the love is real

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) July 4, 2017

https://twitter.com/PeteSouza/status/882212979273588737

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https://twitter.com/PeteSouza/status/882259247681155073

July 4, 2011 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Lhwv1Z3MnS

— shauna (@goldengateblond) July 4, 2017

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama always had a picnic for military families every year on July 4th. pic.twitter.com/nlH7D7Yd4F

— meta (@metaquest) July 4, 2017

Happy Independence Day! pic.twitter.com/Swft0ooCzD

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) July 4, 2017

Early Bird Chat

Pete Souza

Early Bird Chat

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All Times Eastern

11:45AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

1:05PM: President Obama departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews

1:20PM: President Obama and Hillary Clinton depart for Charlotte, North Carolina

2:25PM: President Obama arrives in Charlotte, North Carolina

3:15PM: President Obama campaigns with Hillary Clinton at the Charlotte Convention Center

5:05PM: President Obama departs Charlotte, North Carolina,

6:30PM: President Obama arrives at the White House

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President Barack Obama sings “Happy Birthday” to his daughter Malia Obama at the Fourth of July White House celebration. Maila Obama celebrated her 18th birthday during the party, which featured guests including singers Janelle Monae and Kendrick Lamar

 

The White House’s 4th Of July Celebration

President Barack Obama sings Happy Birthday to First Daughter Malia Obama during a Fourth of July celebration

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President Barack Obama with artists Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe

Happy 4th From President Obama!

Happy Fourth of July, everybody! And to our brave men and women in uniform: On this day and every day, we thank you.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) July 4, 2016

Kids ♥ The Obamas

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs a child during a Drink Up event on the South Lawn of the White House, July 22, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

President Barack Obama talks with a little girl at the Charcoal Pit restaurant in Wilmington, Del., July 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets a young girl after he delivered remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo., July 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama talks with a young girl as he and the First Lady greeted military personnel and their families during the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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New behind-the-scenes photos from July, now posted on Flickr: http://t.co/7Mgsx94kaj

— petesouza (archived) (@PeteSouza44) September 11, 2014

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President Barack Obama talks with three-year-old Holden Fossum and his sisters Ayla, 8, and Alexandria, 4, during a greet with wounded warriors and their families in the East Room of the White House, July 14, 2014. Holden, Ayla, and Alexandria are the children of Staff Sergeant Brendan Fossum and wife Dana of Woodbine, Md. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets a young boy on the street in Denver, Colo., July 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets Make-A-Wish recipient Mariah Rivera, age 10, and her family in the Oval Office, July 29, 2014. Rivera brought the President a birthday card she made for him. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets Emmitt and Pat Smith and family, and Team 22 on the Rose Garden steps of the White House, July 29, 2104. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama greets the family of departing staff member Archana Snyder, Council of Economic Advisers, in the Outer Oval Office, July 3, 2014.

Douglass Redux: What, to Women, is the 4th of July?

Douglass Redux: What, to Women, is the 4th of July?

 

by @zizii2

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On that sweltering July 5th 1852, exactly 162 years ago today, Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”, a speech uncensored in its brutal rebuke of the hypocrisy of America celebrating independence, while its black population remained shackled in slavery. I wonder what he would say today if he were here in our time. No doubt the brutality of slavery in his time can never be compared to anything going on today.

Yet in view of the determined aggression of America’s conservative forces in our time, to derail every single gain made in the last century to advance Democracy and make this country “a more perfect union,” one wonders what he’d say. In the lifework of Frederick Douglass in which he combined his abolitionist cause with the fight for Women’s Rights, he always saw the struggles of enslaved African Americans as intertwined with the struggles of ALL disenfranchised Americans.

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