Fireworks, Barbecue, and Freedom? A Black Woman’s Thoughts on the Fourth of July

Woman sitting on a balcony writing in a journal, watching colorful fireworks over a neighborhood at night

What exactly are we celebrating? Every year around this time, I find myself asking the same question: What does it mean to celebrate the Fourth of July as a Black person in America today? And honestly...I still don't have a simple answer. As the holiday gets closer, we're bombarded with advertisements telling us to buy …

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