July 4th, Essence Fest and Book Tour Updates, Oh My

BANNED a justice driven, bookish newsletter by Austin Channing Brown Footnotes Whose 4th of July? Photo by Lily Miller via Unsplash I wasn't sure I was going to post anything about July 4th this year, but as I lay in bed at 3am I become inspired by Frederick Douglass's speech What to the Slave is the 4th of July? I usually repost an excerpt of his speech, but this year I tried something different, and I wanted to share it with you all: -what to the immigrant is the 4th of July, kidnapped off...