What to the Negro is the 4th of July?
Friday, July 5, 3:00 pm
This is your unique opportunity to experience history. Join us to read aloud Frederick Douglass' most famous speech, originally delivered on July 5, 1852. Declining to speak on the 4th of July, Douglass instead castigated the United States for decades of slavery and injustice. Come and add your voice to this statewide public reading sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, and learn about when Frederick Douglass gave a speech in Ferrisburgh in 1843.

Please note this event is on Friday, July 5 and not Sunday as Rokeby programs often are.

Free

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