Since Independence Day is tomorrow, it's fitting to talk about freedom and American history and, well, independence. The freedoms sought by our slave-owning founding fathers in the Declaration of Independence, the adoption of which is commemorated by tomorrow's holiday, didn't apply to black Americans until long after 1776. As we prepare to celebrate the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson, et. al., we should also celebrate some of the people who bravely used their resources to try to win for black people the freedom that the Declaration of Independence promised but didn't deliver. To the left is Ida B. Wells, a journalist who refused to give up her seat on a train 71 years before Rosa Parks and used her newspaper to shed light on lynchings. Below, check out a small selection of our many forefathers and foremothers.