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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Black men in the formerConfederate states get the right to vote two yearsafter the end of...

Black men in the former
Confederate states get the right to vote two years
after the end of the Civil War, and that right is greeted with terrorism, threats, repression, violence, rape, uh, lynching

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Black men in the former Confederate states
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get the right to vote two years after the end of the Civil War,
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and that right is greeted with
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terrorism, threats,
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repression, violence,
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rape, uh, lynching.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
87
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:07
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
McGee Media,Inkwell Media

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Movie Summary

Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
Blight: Reconstruction is full of mob actions, mob violence, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:21
Blight: Reconstruction is full of mob actions, mob violence,
Soon, Reconstruction is over, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Soon, Reconstruction is over,
He writes his final speech in 1893, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
He writes his final speech in 1893,
He is constantly complaining about his hands shaking. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
He is constantly complaining about his hands shaking.
Gates: But, he's always drawn back into combat. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Gates: But, he's always drawn back into combat.
Some of these tend to dim the luster of the American name - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
Some of these tend to dim the luster of the American name
Principles, which we all thought to have been permanently settled - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Principles, which we all thought to have been permanently se...
When the moral sense of a nation begins to decline - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
When the moral sense of a nation begins to decline
I have waited patiently, but anxiously, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
I have waited patiently, but anxiously,
Our newspapers are daily disfigured - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
Our newspapers are daily disfigured
It's commonly thought that only the lowest - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
It's commonly thought that only the lowest
But the Southern mob, in its rage, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
But the Southern mob, in its rage,
Their institutions have taught them no respect for human life, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Their institutions have taught them no respect for human lif...
But, my friends, I must stop. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
But, my friends, I must stop.
Time and strength are not equal to the task before me. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
Time and strength are not equal to the task before me.
But could I be heard by this great nation, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
But could I be heard by this great nation,
It announced the advent of a nation - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
It announced the advent of a nation
Apply these sublime and glorious truths - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
Apply these sublime and glorious truths
Banish the idea that one class must rule over another. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Banish the idea that one class must rule over another.
Recognize the fact that the rights of the humblest citizen - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Recognize the fact that the rights of the humblest citizen