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We begin our July Fourth special broadcast 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, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which was co-edited by Howard Zinn. The late great historian introduces the address.

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As the earliest Category 5 storm ever observed in the Atlantic carves a
path of destruction through the Caribbean, we get an update on damage
from Hurricane Beryl from the prime minister of St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, where the storm hit Tuesday. He describes
the disaster scenes he witnessed and discusses the rising challenge of
extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis. “The developed countries,
the major emitters, are not taking this matter seriously,” says
Gonsalves. He says the world must dramatically reduce emissions and ... continua

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