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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

But I hold thatthe proclamation, good as it is,will be worthless, a miserable mockery,...

But I hold that
the proclamation, good as it is,
will be worthless, a miserable mockery, unless the nation shall so far
conquer its prejudice as to welcome into the army
full-grown Black men to help fight
the battles of the Republic

Full Transcript

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But I hold that the proclamation,
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good as it is, will be worthless,
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a miserable mockery,
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unless the nation shall so far conquer its prejudice
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as to welcome into the army full-grown Black men
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to help fight the battles of the Republic.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:21
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.
That paper proclamation must now be made iron, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
That paper proclamation must now be made iron,
I know it is said the Negroes won't fight, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
I know it is said the Negroes won't fight,
They are ready to rally under the stars and stripes - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
They are ready to rally under the stars and stripes
Stop calling them niggers, and call them soldiers. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Stop calling them niggers, and call them soldiers.
Stop telling them they can't fight, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
Stop telling them they can't fight,
Away with prejudice. Away with folly. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Away with prejudice. Away with folly.
And in this death struggle for liberty, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
And in this death struggle for liberty,
All I say is give them a chance. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
All I say is give them a chance.
A lot of people don't know a lot about him, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
A lot of people don't know a lot about him,
That's also the trick of this country, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
That's also the trick of this country,
So, I think the more that we, uh, put - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
So, I think the more that we, uh, put
I love the attack that he has with it - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
I love the attack that he has with it
It's very spirited, and he's trying to really - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
It's very spirited, and he's trying to really
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers
He begins to transition - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
He begins to transition
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man.
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:31
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him.
It's a first step for Douglass to begin to enter into - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
It's a first step for Douglass to begin to enter into
He is, as he loved to say himself, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:25
He is, as he loved to say himself,
Blight: And that's, of course, where the photography comes in. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:24
Blight: And that's, of course, where the photography co...