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What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of July?
In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...
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Residents celebrate Independence Day with a community reading of Frederick Douglass’ historic ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ speech
"Douglass wrote that democracy is not a set-and-done thing," West Stockbridge Historical Society President Bob Salerno told ...
Frederick Douglass: Old-school originalist
How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.
Commentary: Why Frederick Douglass’s July 4 speech still matters
The great abolitionist’s 1852 speech lauded the Founding Fathers while denouncing the horrors of slavery. It deserves to be ...
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ArtsConnect hosts community reading of Frederick Douglass’ ‘The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro’ speech
ArtsConnect hosts a community reading of Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro" speech.
Words of Frederick Douglass resonate in fraught political landscape | Opinion
Frederick Douglass gave a passionate speech seeking to rouse the conscience of America in the face of slavery. Despite much ...
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Advocates reflect on history of slavery in Northampton with Frederick Douglass speech
On Saturday, many people gathered outside Historic Northampton to take turns reading a passage of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ ...
Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America
On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – ...
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ArtsConnect hosts community reading of Frederick Douglass’ ‘The Meaning of the Fourth of July for th
ArtsConnect hosts community reading of Frederick Douglass’ ‘The Meaning of the Fourth of July for th ...