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What to the Prisoner is Your Fourth of July?

By "Persian Cowboy"

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In this video, Danny Glover recites Frederick Douglass' speech on the 4th of July in 1852 titled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" A few years ago, death-row prisoner Howard Guidry wrote a commentary on this subject entitled ?What to the Prisoner is Your Fourth of July?? that was widely disseminated. His taped greeting was played to the crowd of hundreds at the annual Texas March to Stop Executions in Austin.What to the Prisoner is Your Fourth of July?By Howard GuidryJuly 1, 2006To commemorate the independence of the United States of America, Texas prison kitchens are fired up earlier than usual. The traditional Fourth of July meals are prepared by unpaid prisoners (can you say slaves?) whose only incentive for the extra work is leftover mashed potatoes and an extra oven-barbecued soybean patty, if they are lucky...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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