{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6a30ed16c3a72484cb57ef6c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"1776 | The Legacy For Our Culture | 1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1781594497916-355bda2e-2a4a-4586-9ad2-840bf550a6d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Why did African Americans spend a century celebrating the Fifth of July instead of the Fourth? Why did a sitting US president personally try to end a journalist's career over one newspaper series? And two hundred and fifty years on, why can't America agree on what its founding document actually means?</p><p>A 250-year-old promise of equality collides with slavery, revolution and a modern-day tenure battle as Afua and Peter close out their Declaration of Independence series.</p><p><br></p><p>[1:28] Fifty-six men sign in Philadelphia — many of them slave owners writing \"all men are created equal\"</p><p>[8:07] Lafayette's regret: \"I would never have drawn my sword...\"</p><p>[11:42] Why a Virginia senator can't stomach Bolívar's revolution</p><p>[15:20] Why Black Americans spent a century celebrating the Fifth of July instead</p><p>[17:27] Frederick Douglass asks the question that still stings: \"What to the slave is the Fourth of July?\"</p><p>[18:53] The project that says America was really founded in 1619</p><p>[28:55] A sitting president personally tries to take the story down</p><p>[30:54] She wins a Pulitzer. Her university refuses her tenure anyway.</p><p><br></p><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A's, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}