I could post an obligatory Crispus Attucks documentary, but in celebrating July 4th I have always preferred Good Times' exposition on the first American to die in the Revolutionary War.
Here is a little corrective that should have been included in that episode--but I guess folks don't like to promote the fact that more African Americans fought on the side of the British than the slave holding colonies--I won't tell our secret if you don't. Random thought: wouldn't a movie about Colonel Tye, the runaway slave turned commando/guerrilla leader who terrorized colonists in New Jersey and New York, be great to see?
Part 1
Part 2--I love me some David Walker
Remember, knowledge is half the battle. Now, eat, drink, and be merry!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Some July 4th Good Times
Posted by Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrelle at 1:55 PM
Tags: America, Chauncey DeVega says, politics of respectability
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