Frederick Douglass with his grandson, Joseph, 1894

#FredrickDouglass

GREAT AND SHATTERED DREAMS A review of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 (1988) Part of the New American Nation Series (Rati...

Broken Promises
My review of Eric Foner's Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 #USHistory #USCivilWar #Reconstruction #EricFoner #BlackHistoryMonth #FredrickDouglass
History Book Reviews: GREAT AND SHATTERED DREAMS
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“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester...

It's a little late, but I felt this needs to be shared again. Here is a video of the late actor James Earl Jones reading Fredrick Douglass' historic speech titled "What to the Slave IS the 4th of July?" Great video, a must watch.
#FourthOfJuly #FredrickDouglass
www.democracynow.org/2025/7/4/wha...

#fredrickdouglass had it right in 1852 and his words remain more than fitting on this very day. Practice resistance and read his prescient speech aloud, and be the fire and the thunder we so desperately need.

loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852Fre...

Enough with crying statues. Liberty does not sweat.
It rises. #FredrickDouglass

Listen to #JamesEarlJones narrating "What to the Slave is the 4th of July" by #FredrickDouglass youtube.com/watch?v=O0ba... and is why I don't recognize this date and also read about #AnnaMurrayDouglass, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Mu... the person who made it possible and also his first wife

(1/2) Check out my new post on #HealOurCulture: “Lessons from North Carolina”
healourculture.org/2025/03/26/l...

Reflections of Chap 1 of “Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Future of America” by Gene Nichol

#ResistAndHeal #NCpolitics #NCleg #GeneNichol #FredrickDouglass

a poster that says teach black history on it Alt: a poster that says teach black history on it

We are 2 days from Black History month. PSA we don’t need anyone’s permission to celebrate #blackhistorymonth #harriettubman #fredrickdouglass #gloriarichardson

#Art #Photography #Photographer #Artwork #Snoopy #FredrickDouglass #Batman #TheSimpsons

#dear Twitter: "oppression makes a wise man mad" -- #fredrickdouglass