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  • Religious leaders to invoke Frederick Douglass on July 4th

    Religious leaders to invoke Frederick Douglass on July 4th

    • Jul 4, 2020

    About 150 preachers, rabbis and imams are promising to invoke Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass on July 4th as they call for the U.S. to tackle racism and poverty.

    By Russell Contreras
  • Church’s historic ties to slavery examined at Independence Day conference

    Church’s historic ties to slavery examined at Independence Day conference

    • Jul 11, 2019

    Independence Day took on a special poignancy at a conference for African American Catholics held a few miles from the nation’s capital, as participants at a July 4 workshop reflected on the Catholic Church’s connection to what has been called the country’s original sin — slavery.

    By Mark Zimmermann, CNS
  • President Trump promises support to military, evangelicals at 4th of July event

    President Trump promises support to military, evangelicals at 4th of July event

    • Jul 4, 2017

    “Nice to win, isn’t it?” President Donald Trump said at a Fourth of July concert hosted by First Baptist Church Dallas. Trump went on to promise that he will not forget those who helped him win the presidency, especially the U.S. military and Evangelicals.

    By Emily McFarlan Miller

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