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Category: Speech
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass’ Speech
“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…
Read MoreTickets to see Layla F. Saad FREE! October 28, 2019 at NYU.
You may be familiar with the work of Layla Saad, author of Me and White Supremacy. There are two tickets available, free of charge, to the first person/people who respond, to hear her at NYU’s Rosenthal Pavilion on Monday,…
Read MoreTa-Nehesi Coates addresses Congress on reparations
Here is a transcript of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ opening remarks at yesterday’s historic Congressional hearing on reparations: “Yesterday, when I asked about reparations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a familiar reply. America should not be held liable for something that…
Read MoreThe Genres of Slavery, April 24, 2019
Yogita Goyal, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, UCLA will speak on Wednesday, April 24 at 4:30 pm on the Princeton University campus, Chancellor Green 103.
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