Happy 4th of July! Yes, I celebrate 4th of July, even while Independence Day remains a mis-nomer for native African Americans, for whom freedom would be deferred for another 87 years; until 1863 for most, and by 1865 for all. We have resisted bondage and tyranny from the day our culture arrived on American soil. Men, like Crispus Attucks, are who I celebrate . In fact, during my youth I attended P.S. 21, Crispus Attucks Elementary in Brooklyn, NY. The school was right across the street from Brevoort Projects, where we lived. We learned early, in this school, who this "first" American was. "Crispus Attucks, a sailor of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry, died in Boston on March 5, 1770 after British soldiers fired two musket balls into his chest.1 ,,,Death instantly transformed Attucks from an anonymous sailor into a martyr for a burgeoning revolutionary cause..." - African Americans in the Revolutionary War Crispus Attucks didn't die in battle, the reality...
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