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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

It's very spirited,and he's trying to really get people goingand move the crowd to think

It's very spirited,
and he's trying to really get people going
and move the crowd to think

Full Transcript

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It's very spirited, and he's trying to really
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get people going and move the crowd to think.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:26
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.
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Roy: Frederick Douglass sees Black soldiers
He begins to transition - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:35
He begins to transition
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
I shall never forget my first interview with this great man.
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:31
There was no vain pomp or ceremony about him.
It's a first step for Douglass to begin to enter into - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
It's a first step for Douglass to begin to enter into
He is, as he loved to say himself, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:25
He is, as he loved to say himself,
Blight: And that's, of course, where the photography comes in. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:24
Blight: And that's, of course, where the photography co...
Bisa Butler: These photos were taken so that people could see - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:15
Bisa Butler: These photos were taken so that people could se...
He's looking you directly in your eye, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:07
He's looking you directly in your eye,
He has to invent himself effectively. - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:06
He has to invent himself effectively.
He has to will himself to be seen in a way - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:46
He has to will himself to be seen in a way
But being such a national or world symbol, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:08
But being such a national or world symbol,
Douglass' extended family become the Black First Family, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:18
Douglass' extended family become the Black First Family...
He had some internal struggles with relevancy - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:30
He had some internal struggles with relevancy
My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:19
My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievement...
Slavery's ended." - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:05
Slavery's ended."
But all he had to do, - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:44
But all he had to do,
Blight: It is Reconstruction - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:16
Blight: It is Reconstruction
Reconstruction is arguably the most hopeful period - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:34
Reconstruction is arguably the most hopeful period
Blight: Douglass is a classic example of - Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 00:12
Blight: Douglass is a classic example of