KELLY: And so as we approach another July Fourth, NPR asked some of Frederick Douglass's descendants to read excerpts of that speech, one that still troubles the conscience of America. Here it is.

On the heels of America’s 76th birthday, Frederick Douglass, a renowned orator ... his “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” speech July 5, 1852, at the historic Corinthian Hall ...

For the Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass’ descendants read excerpts of his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass, an abolitionist who fought for social reform ...

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 169 years ...

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass made a speech about Independence ... to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?” the speech addressed themes of equality and hypocrisy with a fierce ...

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire held readings of the Frederick Douglass speech, “What to the slave is your Fourth of July?” at locations across the state just as the holiday weekend ...

The full speech reads as follows ... has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated ...

“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass asked in a historic speech nearly 200 years ago, and Boston readers asked the same again to a crowd gathered in Downtown ...

The NAACP chapter plans to read “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,” a July 5, 1852, speech given by Frederick Douglass to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester ...