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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 ...
Commentary: Why Frederick Douglass’ Fourth of July speech still matters
Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...