This Fourth of July is a Reawakening. We celebrate 250 years of the Declaration of Independence and Freedom made centuries ago. While many have died from the beaches of Normandy to the mud of Mississippi protecting that declaration and the constitution that followed, it has never been a document of enforcement. We have had to fight to make sure it lived up to the hallowed creed it claims, that all men are created equal. For 250 years the people had to fight to make sure government lived up to its written promises and values. We’ve had to be ever vigilant to enforce the laws of our most sacred document, the Constitution. This weekend I choose to celebrate those fighters who loved the idea of this democracy more than this country loved them. Who died not only on foreign wars but by the hands of their neighbors and fellow Americans who didn’t believe in equality for all. As the American democracy is dying we fight to save it and honor those who lead the way over these 250 years. Add the names you honor to this list. These Americans I honor:
James Armistead Lafayette
Stagecoach Mary
Sojourner Truth
Nat Turner
John Brown
Denmark Vesey
Sitting Bull and the Lakota Warriors
Chief Gall
Crazy Horse
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
Robert Smalls
P. S Pinchback
Those who fought and died to form a more perfect union:
Desolonde and the insurrection of 1811
The Colfax Massacre of Louisiana
The Thibodeauxville Massacre
The Wilmington Revolt
The Tulsa/Greenwood Massacre
Rosewood Massacre
Red Summer of 1919
Those who defended us:
The Massachusetts 54th
The Deacons of Defense
The Black Panthers
SNCC
SCLC
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The National Urban League
In Memorium
Goodman Chaney and Schwerner
Emmitt Till
Caesar Chavez
Meagan Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Fred Hampton
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Ken Burns is a six-part documentary series premiering this weekend on @PBS . I am honored to voice one of many voices in this monumental film. A MUST WATCH! 🔥
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
President Trump is sending 300 National Guard troops to Chicago, a city of 9 million. The numbers alone indicate it will have no effect on crime. It performative political propaganda to distract from the secret police kidnapping people from the street without any knowledge of they are citizens or not. This is a pretext to declare Martial Law cementing authoritarian rule.
Two great guys sharing some NOLA stories on The Kelly Clarkson Show!
@WendellPierce talking about playing Perry White in new Superman movie out July 11
@LlamasNBC discussing his new role as anchor/managing editor of @NBCNightlyNews