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On Independence Day, a poem from perhaps one of the greatest American poets to ever live: Langston Hughes.
"Let America be America Again."
Read this timeless poem here: poets.org/poem/let-ameri…
"Let America be America Again."
Read this timeless poem here: poets.org/poem/let-ameri…
From Audre Lord, another great American, on revolution and liberty:
"Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing."
"Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing."
More indomitable spirit from Chicano poet/scholar/activist and American: Gloria Anzaldua.
"Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.
Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks."
"Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.
Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks."
A vet, a historian, a national treasure. Howard Zinn:
But human beings are not machines and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope.
But human beings are not machines and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that historical possibility lies hope.
Jane Addams, one of the founders of the @ACLU and the first American woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."
"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life."
Civil rights activist Pauli Murray on one of the most cherished of American rights: free speech.
Enjoy your day off if you get one today. If not, may your day off come quick. In any event, celebrate the 4th today by doing one good thing for democracy. Even if it includes reading that Langston Hughes poem to a captive group of kids eating hot dogs in your backyard.
