Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July

[NgaiOlaudah]

Not bad, Charles, but still you're too cute with the reading! You seem too slick with the reading, not savoring each word, not realizing the terrific import of each word! HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THIS: YOU'RE A BIT BETTER THAN james earl jones who betrays the fact he understands utterly nothing about this speech! Back to school for the both of you...Sorry, Charles...a good try...regards, guess who...

[STLEO1]

We have no dam bizz celebrate the slave massa days and dam way

[SyrenniaLestrange]

1 dislike? Is that you, Charles Aycock?

[Wallstreet68]

Pay attention to the words not the attire!

[rocky038]

give it up white people are the minority now forget that slavery shit i think 100 years of being on welfare and all the benifits from our government should be more than enough if you guys dont like it here we should pay for a one way ticket to Angolo where your black brothers sold you to some white redneck im not rascist but when you keep peeling an old wound it gets infected and people like you are a disease learn to forget your great -great granparents might of suffered just like everyone

[firefox8192]

can we hear him do the whole speech. Fred was on poing it is a shame that most negros have no sense of historical gographical reference and will celebrate a lynching even it a negro is the guest of honor. riddle me this whag is a NIGGER!

[PennsylvaniaCharli]

Great Job !!!

[MCCOGGLETRAVEL]

smh dat aint him

[ShqueesheMyJuisher]

Funny, the attire is more poolroom hustler than 19th c. abolitionist orator.

[ThePaleWriter]

This is boring as hell. I think an interesting man deserves an interesting portrayal. This one is not.

[jsektc]

As a Hebrew israelite, I never saw the problem with celebrating the 4th of July. But having watched this video, it gives me insight to what my ancestors must have felt and the hypocracy of the nation. I will NEVER celebrate the 4th of July again for it TRULY is TREASON!!

[MADMAXIMUS88]

@jsektc

Fuck you

[nyguy]

It's still fine to celebrate the 4th of july, and what we can't do is to forget that we are not celebrating man, but the principles, regardless that they were poorly enforced and damaged by man.

[Corsina]

@jsektc You speak like someone who truly does not know the true history of this country. It's a shame.

[splasherTV]

@jsektc You still don't understand it.

[HateDisease]

They had mics & PA systems back then?

[RobJahLuv]

Why we don't celebrate Independence Day..By Fredrick Douglass in 1841,,the people need to hear this

[upupsteru]

best reading i seen so far

this one let me understand what the speech was about because he uses the correct speech pattern ...other people just read the words brotherman here, expresses the words. (i agree losurthona)

[haquearsh1]

I do this speech!

[losurthona]

An awesome performance -- SO much better than the reading by Danny Glover. If you want someone to hear this speech, this is the version I would send them to.

[flavamagazine]

Great work

[BrowinJ]

i got see this man in person and talk to him!! he really does an amazing Chautauqua preformance! i'm actually in the Young Chautauqua program, and i learned a lot from him.

[kingpoo3]

thats realy wat it was like