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

Past event
Jun 30, 2016, 6:30 to 8 PM

Join us 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.

Thursday, June 30
6:30pm
Plainfield Opera House

Co-sponsored by: Central Vermont Showing Up for Racial Justice, Justice for All, Town of Plainfield, Cutler Memorial Library, and the Plainfield Historical Society.

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

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