"Not Our Independence Day"

Name: "Not Our Independence Day"
Start: 2024-07-04T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-04T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Shrine of the Black Madonna - Church

Schedule

Thu Jul 04 2024 at 12:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Shrine of the Black Madonna - Church | Detroit, MI

Concert and Recitation of Frederick Douglass' Speech, "What to the Negro is the Fourth of July ?" Featuring the In The Tradition Jazz Band
About this Event

Join In the Tradition and the African Dispora Ancestral Commemoration Institute at the Annual July 4th Concert and Recitation of Frederick Douglass' "What to the Negro is the 4th of July ?" Excerpts of Douglass' Speech read by community activist and leaders. Free for children 12 and under The event includes an African Marketplace with food vendors African Art, jewelry, clothing, etc. The marketplace will be open from 12:00 am - 4:00 pm.