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Stamped from the Beginning

Harriet Jacobs is the first,and I don't think that you have a wave of Black womentelling...

Harriet Jacobs is the first,
and I don't think that you have a wave of Black women
telling their stories as enslaved women without Harriet Jacobs
opening up that door and allowing
for some of those conversations, particularly those hard,
difficult conversations, to take place

Full Transcript

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Harriet Jacobs is the first, and I don't think that you have
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a wave of Black women telling their stories as enslaved women
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without Harriet Jacobs opening up that door
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and allowing for some of those conversations,
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particularly those hard, difficult conversations, to take place.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:15
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
One Story Up Productions,story27

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Movie Summary

A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
[pensive music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:22
[pensive music playing]
And ironically, historians, they assumed it was written by a white woman, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
And ironically, historians, they assumed it was written by a...
[sighs] ...dramatic, the story of her life, that it couldn't have been real. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
[sighs] ...dramatic, the story of her life, that it couldn&#...
Women like Harriet Jacobs, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
Women like Harriet Jacobs,
They know that their stories are not supposed to be told. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
They know that their stories are not supposed to be told.
So when they tell their story, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
So when they tell their story,
[tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
[tense music playing]
There's no way of telling - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
There's no way of telling
[Porsha Olayiwola] At any given time, and in any given space, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
[Porsha Olayiwola] At any given time, and in any given space...
I can be raped, beat, be burned alive, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:12
I can be raped, beat, be burned alive,
[rapping] Try being a lady? - Stamped from the Beginning 00:18
[rapping] Try being a lady?
They were simply trying to be heard - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
They were simply trying to be heard
{\an8}[Anita Hill] We deserve better systems, we deserve better attention, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
{\an8}[Anita Hill] We deserve better systems, we deserve bet...
I stand here - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
I stand here
[Morgan] Harriet Jacobs, ultimately, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
[Morgan] Harriet Jacobs, ultimately,
And Harriet Jacobs is really angered - Stamped from the Beginning 00:11
And Harriet Jacobs is really angered
[Jackson] Most of the time, when I talk about abolitionists in my classroom, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
[Jackson] Most of the time, when I talk about abolitionists ...
But when I think of the abolitionists, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
But when I think of the abolitionists,
I think of them as the center of the movement, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
I think of them as the center of the movement,
Unfortunately, people aren't going to listen to minorities - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
Unfortunately, people aren't going to listen to minorit...