What the Declaration Should Mean To Us, with Meg Mott
The Declaration of Independence starts with the assertion of "self-evident" truths and concludes with a pledge of solidarity through bloodshed. Abolitionists, Suffragists, and the Black Panther Party copied its words verbatim in their subsequent demands for justice. The protestors that stormed the U.S. Capitol yelled "1776!" a reference to the year the Declaration was drafted. […]