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Special programming: "The Declaration Does Not Apply" and "Broad Stripes, Bright Stars, and White Lies: America's First Flag"
Part 2: Writer and activist Mark Charles lays out the anti-Native American sentiments within it, the doctrines and ...
World's most important writing assignment: Declaration of Independence
It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.
Opinion: Declaration of Independence's list of grievances feels eerily familiar in 2025
July Fourth is a reminder that the most patriotic act is not blind ceremony. Instead, it’s the resolve to resist tyranny.
On Frederick Douglass, the Declaration of Independence, and Juneteenth
On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...
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Africans in America/Part 2/Colin Powell on the Declaration of Independence and how it applied to black people - PBS
A: The Declaration of Independence is one of the most remarkable documents in the world, and certainly in the English language or in Christendom. And in just a few words, it captures the essence ...
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Williams: 'If you love the Declaration of Independence, you have to thank Black people.' They helped shape that moment. - Richmond Times-Dispatch
“White Southerners like Jefferson and Washington might never have declared independence from Britain had it not been for the activism of Black Virginians, and that’s true on the Southern-wide ...