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ariadne0614

(1,730 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:47 AM Jul 2020

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Daveed Diggs ("Hamilton") delivers a 4th of July message.

It’s inspired by Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
https://www.facebook.com/1439829396312534/posts/2298841230411342/
Or:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCJitC0HRoi/?igshid=qxpaifz5pimc

Here’s a CBS interview about the video with Daveed Diggs:
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/hamilton-star-daveed-diggs-on-new-video-questioning-the-meaning-of-july-4-for-black-americans/

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Daveed Diggs ("Hamilton") delivers a 4th of July message. (Original Post) ariadne0614 Jul 2020 OP

Thanks for the links! FM123 Jul 2020 #1

Amazing! Take two minutes to watch it; it is worth your time. Thanks, Daveed. nt crickets Jul 2020 #2

FM123

(10,053 posts)

1. Thanks for the links!

Reply to ariadne0614 (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:22 AM

Jul 2020

Very powerful, by Daveed! Everyone should see this, especially today.

crickets

(25,981 posts)

2. Amazing! Take two minutes to watch it; it is worth your time. Thanks, Daveed. nt

Reply to ariadne0614 (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:06 AM

Jul 2020

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