BlackCommentator.com: Quote to Ponder: "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice,are not enjoyed in common..." - Frederick Douglass Speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" July 5, 1852

BlackCommentator.com: Quote to Ponder: "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." - Frederick Douglass Speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" July 5, 1852

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