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Join The Lava Center for a reading of Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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Reading Frederick Douglass Together grants support public readings and discussions in Massachusetts of the orator’s famous address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Readings can take place anywhere, from community centers to historical societies to town greens. At each event, people take turns reading parts of the speech until it is completed. Each community considers the meaning of the speech in the past and its resonances in the present.

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  • Address : 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
  • Date & Time : February 28, 2026 | 12:00 PM
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