James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader and CNN!) reads an except from Frederick Douglass’s speech about what the Fourth of July meant for “the Negro.” This is from left-wing historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.
1 Dec
1 Dec
Posted December 1, 2010 by scoop2go in African Americans, Antebellum era, Chapter 20, Primary Source Document. Comments Off on Frederick Douglass speech Excerpt
Almost exactly NINE MONTHS from the first day of school– just like a pregnancy! Except this one will absolutely end on time, no matter what.
“Omne solum forti patria est.” (The brave find a home in every land.)–Ovid
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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill
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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”- George Santayana