What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" is a speech delivered by Frederick Douglass July 5, 1952 at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, at a meeting organized by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.  The speech provides a steaming critique of the United States as it celebrates independence while still maintaining slavery.  This version of the speech was narrated by Ossie Davis.Listening to the speech today provides opportunity for us to reflect on the values that America says it has - love, liberty, justice - and how we today live in constant contradiction.  It provides not only critique but opportunity for us consider a better way forward.  This episode of Sunday Soul intertwines this powerful speech with reflective music and allows us to celebrate America's 250th birthday with honesty and hope.