Meaning of the 4th of July for the Negro: Reading Frederick Douglass

Past event
Jul 3, 2015, 6 to 7:30 PM

Friday, July 3rd
6pm at the Plainfield Opera House

Join the Plainfield community in a communal reading of the fiery July 5, 1852, speech in which the great abolitionist orator Frederick Douglass took exception to being asked to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Discussion and refreshments to follow.

Co-sponsored by: the Town of Plainfield, Twin Valley Senior Center, Cutler Memorial Library, and Central Vermont Showing Up for Racial Justice

for more info contact: plainfieldtownhall@gmail.com
and/or visit http://www.vermonthumanities.org/reading-frederick-douglass/

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