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He begins to transition from America being
about you and yours to America being
about we and ours. Gates:
Douglass believed
that if Black men comported themselves
nobly and heroically, demonstrating bravery
on the battlefield, then, certainly,
Americans would say, "You deserve all the rights "inscribed in the
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
of the United States." Unfortunately, he was wrong
about you and yours to America being
about we and ours. Gates:
Douglass believed
that if Black men comported themselves
nobly and heroically, demonstrating bravery
on the battlefield, then, certainly,
Americans would say, "You deserve all the rights "inscribed in the
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
of the United States." Unfortunately, he was wrong
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He begins to transition
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from America being
about you and yours
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to America being
about we and ours.
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Gates:
Douglass believed
that if Black men
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comported themselves
nobly and heroically,
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demonstrating bravery
on the battlefield,
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then, certainly,
Americans would say,
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"You deserve all the rights
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"inscribed in the
Declaration of Independence
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and the Constitution
of the United States."
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Unfortunately, he was wrong.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
