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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

I answer a daythat reveals to him, more than any otherdays of the year, the gross...

I answer a day
that reveals to him, more than any other
days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is
the constant victim

Full Transcript

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I answer a day that reveals to him,
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more than any other days of the year,
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the gross injustice and cruelty
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to which he is the constant victim.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:10
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.
To him, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
To him,
Your national greatness, swelling vanity. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
Your national greatness, swelling vanity.
The existence of slavery in this country - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
The existence of slavery in this country
Had I the ability and could I reach the nation's ear, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:17
Had I the ability and could I reach the nation's ear,
For it is not light that is needed, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
For it is not light that is needed,
It is not the gentle shower, but thunder. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
It is not the gentle shower, but thunder.
We need the storm, the whirlwind, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
We need the storm, the whirlwind,
The feeling of the nation must be roused. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
The feeling of the nation must be roused.
The propriety of the nation must be startled, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
The propriety of the nation must be startled,
Blight: And he stops. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
Blight: And he stops.
The audience has felt in pain - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:10
The audience has felt in pain
The last short movement of the speech, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
The last short movement of the speech,
"It is still malleable, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
"It is still malleable,
"If you can't solve this problem of slavery, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:11
"If you can't solve this problem of slavery,
There are forces in operation - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
There are forces in operation
We don't hear a lot about people - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
We don't hear a lot about people
You know, he's a Black man in that period, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:09
You know, he's a Black man in that period,
He has to be extremely savvy - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:13
He has to be extremely savvy
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