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Here's what it's doing
to the nation." André Holland:
There can be no peace
to the wicked while slavery continues
in the land. It will be condemned, and there will be agitation. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:
He was able to realize
from his own experience that an arbitrary system
had been created, designed to reinforce the sense of inferiority of every Black person. A system that was designed
to make them believe that nature had made them
inferior to white people. And his job
was to blow up that system
to the nation." André Holland:
There can be no peace
to the wicked while slavery continues
in the land. It will be condemned, and there will be agitation. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:
He was able to realize
from his own experience that an arbitrary system
had been created, designed to reinforce the sense of inferiority of every Black person. A system that was designed
to make them believe that nature had made them
inferior to white people. And his job
was to blow up that system
Full Transcript
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Here's what it's doing
to the nation."
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André Holland:
There can be no peace
to the wicked
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while slavery continues
in the land.
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It will be condemned,
00:00:09.005 --> 00:00:12.417
and there will be agitation.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:
He was able to realize
from his own experience
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that an arbitrary system
had been created,
00:00:18.625 --> 00:00:20.958
designed to reinforce
00:00:21.002 --> 00:00:22.999
the sense of inferiority
00:00:23.998 --> 00:00:25.751
of every Black person.
00:00:25.833 --> 00:00:28.584
A system that was designed
to make them believe
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that nature had made them
inferior to white people.
00:00:32.005 --> 00:00:35.459
And his job
was to blow up that system.
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Movie Summary
Inspired by David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.
