Oh, Freedom (a negro spiritual)

The Friday Protest Song for June 29, 2007
Give me Liberty or Give me Death!

The Negro Spiritual “Oh, Freedom” was written during the Civil War by emancipated black soldiers in the Union Army as they fought to end slavery. It was repopularized in the 60’s during the Civil Rights movement, when the concept of freedom grew to include equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, and an end to racial segregation. Its message is equivalent to Patrick Henry’s call to arms in the Revolutionary War, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

I chose “Oh, Freedom” because it is an appropriate response to the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday to ban racial integration programs in public schools. Their decision to stymie progress towards racial equality yesterday should be a wake-up call for people who care about racial justice and civil rights.
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Cop Circles

These crop circles were created on the evening of June 22, 2007 in a cornfield near the village of Dussen, in the south of the Netherlands. Four police cars “chased” a man high on cocaine through a corn field before he ran into a ditch.

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