- Support for Trump comes at a high cost for Christian witness.
Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump. No one!”
Reed is partially right; for many evangelical Christians, there is no political figure whom they have loved more than Donald Trump.
I recently exchanged emails with a pro-Trump figure who attended the president’s re-election rally in Orlando, Florida, on June 18. He spoke to me on the condition of anonymity, so as to avoid personal or professional repercussions. He had interviewed scores of people, many of them evangelical Christians. Continue reading
USA: “What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: …. Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech – July 5, 1852
Frederick Douglass
“What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
Democracy NOW
AMY GOODMAN: Today, in this special broadcast, we begin with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, ‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’ Douglass was addressing the Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society.
This is actor James Earl Jones reading the speech during a performance of historian Howard Zinn’s acclaimed book,‘Voices of a People’s History of the United States.’ He was introduced by Zinn. Continue reading →
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