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The episode explores the contradictions of American history through the lens of Frederick Douglass’s critique of Independence Day and the erasure of figures like Crispus Attucks.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of "Shelley's Plumline," hosts Mark Jamroz and Dr. Ricky Jones explore the foundational contradictions of American history, using Frederick Douglass’s critique of Independence Day as a starting point. We analyze the systematic erasure of figures like Crispus Attucks from public memory and discuss how lingering ideologies from the Civil War era continue to influence modern society. The episode concludes by encouraging listeners to engage in independ...

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Hosts: Mark Jamroz, Dr. Ricky Jones

Topics covered

• American history
• Independence Day
• Civil War
• public memory
• systematic erasure
• social ideologies

Keywords

• Crispus Attucks
• Frederick Douglass
• Independence Day
• American history
• Civil War
• public memory
• social ideologies

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