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Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...
Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...
“Today you reap the fruits of their success,” Douglass told his audience. “The freedom gained is yours, and you, therefore, ...
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton & Upton and the Grafton Public Library are hosting a public reading on July 5 ...
ArtsConnect hosts a community reading of Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro" speech.
And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...
Frederick Douglass used the words of Psalm 137 in his famous speech, ‘What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?’ For centuries, ...
On Saturday, many people gathered outside Historic Northampton to take turns reading a passage of Frederick Douglass' famous ...
Owen D. Corpin will deliver parts of Douglass’ Fifth of July speech on Saturday, July 5 at 2 p.m. at the Peterboro United ...