Dr Stacey Patton

Forget the Founders. Celebrate the Enslaved Black People Who Escaped on the 4th of July.

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Dr Stacey Patton
Jul 04, 2026
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What should Black folks celebrate this Fourth of July as America turns 250 and the loud and delusional people dress up in a made-in-China flag they keep violating?

This is a question our people have been forced to ask every time this country throws itself a birthday party and expects us to bring the potato salad while pretending it has not spent all of i…

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