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The Speeches of Frederick Douglass
The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition | Frederick Douglass
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A collection of twenty of Frederick Douglasss most important orations This volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglasss most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including slavery, abolitionism, civil rights, sectionalism, temperance, womens rights, economic development, and immigration. Douglasss oratory is accompanied by speeches that he considered influential, his thoughts on giving public lectures and the skills necessary to succeed in that endeavor, commentary by his contemporaries on his performances, and modern-day assessments of Douglasss effectiveness as a public speaker and advocate.
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February 8, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:15 PM EST

Theater of War usually does readings of Greek plays done by professional actors and members of the community affected by the themes of the piece - nurses, members of the military, people who care for those with dementia. There's discussion afterwards, and those have been very moving.
They started doing them via Zoom during the pandemic, and they've continued that practice. Link to Eventbrite in comments

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According to a Fact-Check website, there‘s no evidence that Douglas ever did say this, but I still think the sentiment holds, so I‘m posting with that caveat.

#Repair #QuotsyOct20 @TK-421

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https://masshumanities.org/files/programs/douglass/speech_complete.pdf

All of Frederick Douglass books are good for #IntergrateYourshelf

They are so powerful, I highly recommend them. There are even picture books about his life.

Emilymdxn Omg I think you read my mind I was just saying to someone recently I need to get round to reading Douglass! I have a biography of him on my shelf that I have to read but I wanna save it for when I‘ve read at least some of his own stuff firstborn 4y
katy4peas 😮 wow, powerful stuff. 😢 I haven‘t had much interest in celebrating my country the last several years because there are things I am not proud of in the current time going on, but this year is even more frustrating. This is powerful. Thanks for sharing. 4y
hermyknee Thank you for sharing ♥️ I read this speech in full yesterday (and even posted about it)— It‘s so powerful. So important for Americans to remember and reckon with every day, but especially today. (edited) 4y
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Butterfinger I appreciate these words so much. 4y
TheBookHippie @hermyknee I read it with students Thursday and posted on IG as well. I think people forget to read him or have no knowledge of him. I reread the speech again this morning and thought I‘d post it here (the link) for people to read. So so powerful. 4y
TheBookHippie @Butterfinger if you read the speech it‘s so much still today. (Link) 4y
TheBookHippie @Emilymdxn read the speech in the link. It is today. Relevant. It‘s necessary reading . 4y
TheBookHippie @katy4peas I agree. I always recommend his works to people trying to understand the fight for equality. It‘s hard to celebrate freedom when freedom is only afforded to some. 4y
Librarybelle Have you seen Douglass‘ descendants reading the speech? Absolutely moving. Here‘s the link to the video: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-re... 4y
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle yes. We watched it with my students . It‘s amazing isn‘t it? 4y
GingerAntics 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I‘m with every single person here. It‘s hard to celebrate this nation right now when so many people are still not free within its boarders. 4y
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