A Christian worship song has turned up everywhere from prayer services at the Pentagon to the Charlie Kirk memorial service. The song is apolitical, so what accounts for its use at political events?
Country music has no shortage of patriotic songs that honor those who served and sacrificed their lives for the country, and ...
How did Black Americans regard independence? Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” provides one answer: To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted ...