Boston Globe: Somerville Museum Hosts Reading of Douglass Speech
“Somerville Museum to Put Community at Center of Live Reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Speech,” by Nicole Kagan in the Boston Globe on June 27. In 1852, Frederick Douglass gave his speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” to a crowd of abolitionists in Rochester, N.Y. On Wednesday, a group of Bostonians […]
What Freedom Means: Reading of Frederick Douglass Speech Set for June 30 in Worcester
Published by Meg Trogolo in Worcester Magazine on July 4. Every year, on the eve of Worcester’s July 4 celebrations, city residents ranging from artists to elected officials to line cooks come together outside City Hall to recite “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ famed 1852 speech addressing the extreme inequality that the holiday laid bare […]
