This Monday, October 12, head to the Chapel Hill Public Library from 6-8 p.m. for a panel discussion about Frederick Douglass. Michelle Cotton Laws will lead a conversation about Douglass’ landmark 1865 speech “What the Black Man Wants,” where he forcefully called for the right to vote – pushing back against civil-rights advocates who were ready to declare victory and end their fight with the abolition of slavery.
Click here for more information on Monday’s talk – which is part 1 of a 5-part series on Douglass, leading up to next year’s 175th-anniversary public reading of his 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
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