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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

He has to be extremely savvy about getting people's attentionand disarming people, and...

He has to be extremely savvy about getting people's attention
and disarming people, and then figuring out
how to, how to get in there to really change
people's thinking

Full Transcript

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He has to be extremely savvy
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about getting people's attention and disarming people,
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and then figuring out how to, how to get in there
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to really change people's thinking.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:46
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.
And he does it really effectively and beautifully. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
And he does it really effectively and beautifully.
Gates: Douglass knew that an argument - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
Gates: Douglass knew that an argument
And, he knocked it out of the park. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
And, he knocked it out of the park.
Roy: The Civil War began when Douglass was - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
Roy: The Civil War began when Douglass was
Blight: The war brings about - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
Blight: The war brings about
Douglass saw it as finally, finally, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Douglass saw it as finally, finally,
(wind blowing) - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:38
(wind blowing)
He's on the circuit speaking, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
He's on the circuit speaking,
He's trying to light fires under Republicans, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
He's trying to light fires under Republicans,
The first of January 1863, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
The first of January 1863,
This proclamation changed everything. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:15
This proclamation changed everything.
They couldn't up until then. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:14
They couldn't up until then.
There are certain great national acts, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:18
There are certain great national acts,
But I hold that the proclamation, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:20
But I hold that the proclamation,
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.