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Baltimore National Heritage Area urban ranger Bradley Alston takes to sites where Frederick Douglass lived while he was enslaved in Baltimore and the site of the train station where he made his escape to freedom.
Angela Davis presented a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written by Himself. Ms. Davis explored the abolitionist's intellectual life and recalled the several other editions of Douglass' memoir. Angela Davis was joined in conversation by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. This "LIVE from the NYPL" event, "Frederick Douglass: Literacy, Libraries and Liberation," was held at Celeste Bartos Forum of the New York Public Research Library of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Yale University history professor David Blight recalled the life of public intellectual and orator, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). He was joined in conversation by Eddie Glaude, chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book, The President and the Freedom Fighter, about the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and their accomplishments together. This event was part of the Kentucky Book Festival held in Lexington.
The National Archives hosted a dramatic reading of an 1852 speech by former slave and abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass on the meaning of American independence to slaves, sometimes called, "What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Jamie Stiehm compared the lives and achievements of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. She spoke about how growing up in Maryland affected their lives and led to their work as abolitionists.
Kerri Greenidge (The Grimkes), Rachel Webster (Benjamin Banneker and Us), Kidada Williams (I Saw Death Coming), and Ilyon Woo (Master Slave, Husband Wife) discussed slavery in America and those who survived it. This event took place at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
Author Jonathan White talked about President Abraham Lincoln's White House invitations to African Americans, and the impact of those meetings on race relations. Among those who received invitations: Black Christian ministers, former slaves, and abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago hosted this virtual event.
Irish historian Christine Kinealy discussed Frederick Douglass' time in Ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 1846. She argued that Douglass was moved by his time in Ireland, particularly the respectful treatment he received as a formerly-enslaved African American. The Nantucket Historical Association hosted this event, provided the video, and retains copyright of this program.