Children of the Enlightenment: The Ideological Origins of Black Agency and Activism

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Children of the Enlightenment: The Ideological Origins of Black
Agency and Activism—A dramatic reading of Frederick Douglass' speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by actor Roger Guenveur Smith sets the stage for a wide-ranging discussion and interpretation of the evolution of black activism between the Revolutionary and the Civil War periods. NMAAHC Director Lonnie Bunch is joined by scholars such as Clement Price of Rutgers University. Music by the Umoja String Quartet.
Presented on February 16, 2011

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  • 1:19:25 is about where Douglass' speech begins.

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