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Douglass's 4th of July Speech (1852)July 5th, 1852
On this day in 1852, Frederick Douglass addressed an anti-slavery society, calling July 4th "a day that reveals to [the slave], more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."
Lee Han-yeol Killed (1987)July 5th, 1987
On this day in 1987, 22 year old student Lee Han-yeol died after being struck by a tear gas canister during anti-government protests against right-wing South Korean military leader Chun Doo-hwan. 1.6 million people attended his funeral.
Image: Photograph taken outside of Yonsei University after Lee was hit in the back of the head with a tear gas canister; this image is associated with democracy in South Korea (Copyright: Tony Jeong)