[JoeFromSidney]

I can sympathize with Douglas. He had a legitimate beef. However, a lot of white boys died to free the slaves. Blacks today have to decide whether they're part of this country or not. If my immigrant father and my immigrant wife could become part of this country, I think it's reasonable to expect Blacks born a century after the Civil War to consider themselves part of this country too. The Fourth of July should be as much their holiday as it was my father's. If they're not going to be part of this country, well, there are flights to other countries.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That Douglas incident was well before the war and the freeing of the slaves.