One hundred and sixty-eight years ago today Frederick Douglass gave his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Douglass was born into slavery in 1818, the product of a white male raping a Black woman.
White men raping Black women happened for centuries. Dutch artist, Christiaen van Coubwenberg, captures this in a painting completed in 1632. Note that the Dutch played a prominent role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
About William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters
Award-winning poet, playwright, and essayist. Author of three books of poetry, "Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembrance of Things Past and Present"; "Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats"; "The Black Feminine Mystique," and a novel, "Streets of Rage," written under his pen name Easy Waters. All four books are available on Amazon.com. Waters has over 25 years of experience in the criminal legal system. He is a change agent for a just society and a catalyst for change.
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