Post by the Scribe on Jul 6, 2020 10:55:25 GMT
How COOL is this? What beautiful and "aware" descendants!
VIDEO: Frederick Douglass' Descendants Deliver His 'Fourth Of July' Speech
www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech
July 3, 20205:05 AM ET
The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. In this short film, five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" which asks all Americans to consider the country's long history of denying equal rights to Black people.
A text version of the full speech is available here.
This video was inspired by Jennifer Crandall's documentary project "Whitman, Alabama." Visit whitmanalabama.com.
VIDEO: Frederick Douglass' Descendants Deliver His 'Fourth Of July' Speech
www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech
July 3, 20205:05 AM ET
The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. In this short film, five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" which asks all Americans to consider the country's long history of denying equal rights to Black people.
A text version of the full speech is available here.
This video was inspired by Jennifer Crandall's documentary project "Whitman, Alabama." Visit whitmanalabama.com.