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He has to will himself
to be seen in a way that no one in society was ready to see a Black man. There's one image that
I love that shows Douglass as a homeowner
with his children across the two brownstones,
townhomes, that he owned
in Washington, DC. They're defying every
possible convention about what it means
to be a Black family and a Black man
in American life. He was really
an A-list celebrity, what we would call
an A-list celebrity today. Blight:
Especially after he appeared
on the cover of "Harper's" in the 1870s. Once you're on the cover of
"Harper's," that was like "Time" magazine and Google
put together back then
to be seen in a way that no one in society was ready to see a Black man. There's one image that
I love that shows Douglass as a homeowner
with his children across the two brownstones,
townhomes, that he owned
in Washington, DC. They're defying every
possible convention about what it means
to be a Black family and a Black man
in American life. He was really
an A-list celebrity, what we would call
an A-list celebrity today. Blight:
Especially after he appeared
on the cover of "Harper's" in the 1870s. Once you're on the cover of
"Harper's," that was like "Time" magazine and Google
put together back then
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He has to will himself
to be seen in a way
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that no one in society
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was ready to see a Black man.
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There's one image that
I love that shows Douglass
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as a homeowner
with his children
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across the two brownstones,
townhomes,
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that he owned
in Washington, DC.
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They're defying every
possible convention
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about what it means
to be a Black family
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and a Black man
in American life.
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He was really
an A-list celebrity,
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what we would call
an A-list celebrity today.
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Blight:
Especially after he appeared
on the cover
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of "Harper's" in the 1870s.
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Once you're on the cover of
"Harper's," that was like
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"Time" magazine and Google
put together back then.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
