The burgers are sizzling on the grill and your beverage and cocktails are flowing. As you spend time with family and friends, you need tunes to keep the party going through Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks presentation. Here are four…
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4 Unique Fourth of July Cocktails to Sip On This Holiday
Stars, stripes and sips. What better way to celebrate the holiday than with a few Fourth of July cocktails? Independence Day has long been regarded as a celebration for gathering with friends and families, complete with big fireworks displays. Whether…
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Colin Kaepernick trashes July 4 as ‘celebration of White supremacy’
Colin Kaepernick (Photo by A.R. Shaw for Steed Media) Welp, so much for exiled quarterback Colin Kaepernick playing in the NFL ever again — or at least that’s what some fans believe now. Needless to say, Kaepernick did not spend…
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The Lingering Relevance Of Frederick Douglass’ ‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?’ Speech
UPDATED: July 2, 2020 — The fateful words of Frederick Douglass from a speech he delivered 168 years ago especially resonate in 2020 as Black people in America continue the fight for equality that the legendary abolitionist was waging in…
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A July 4th Playlist Of Throwback Jams For Aunties We Love
UPDATED: 9:55 a.m. ET, July 2, 2020 Things may be different this year for Fourth of July celebrations, what with the coronavirus pandemic’s social distancing guidelines preventing big get together, chances are that there will still be plenty of cookouts,…
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A Black Woman Emerges As The True Lady Liberty On The Fourth Of July
Source: Bruce Wright/NewsOne.com UPDATED: 9:50 a.m. ET, July 2, 2020: Two years ago, Therese Patricia Okoumou scaled the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to make the world take notice of her rallying call for immigration policy to…
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