Frederick Douglass on July 4th (1952)

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Frederick Douglass on July 4th
An oration of militancy

On July 5, 1852, Douglass gave a speech at an event commemorating
the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Rochester,
New York's Corinthian Hall. He proclaimed a timeless Black critique
of democracy in this country.

Text
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927.html
https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852FrederickDouglass.pdf

A reading of his speech
Ossie Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n69j6UnUz64
James Earl Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0baE_CtU08
US National Archive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvQL8-Qokg

A Collective reading of what Frederick Douglass wrote
https://www.nps.gov/nps-audiovideo/legacy/undergroundrailroad/061EFAAC-D0B0-C898-23ECC68D387D1755/nri-FINALCUT22FrederickDouglassProject_1280x720.mp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTsBWhSq1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSbNFMCnBKE

Study guides
https://daily.jstor.org/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july-annotated/
https://americainclass.org/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/

Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zwJWaMCaFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X81fJsU0wYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Af1vmjYOE