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Stamped from the Beginning

Reader, my story ends with freedom. I have not written my experiencesin order to attract...

Reader, my story ends with freedom. [haunting music playing] [Jacobs] I have not written my experiences
in order to attract attention to myself

Full Transcript

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Reader, my story ends with freedom.
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[haunting music playing]
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[Jacobs] I have not written my experiences in order to attract attention to myself.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:08
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".
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent a...
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North
I want to convince the people of the free states - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
I want to convince the people of the free states
[haunting music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[haunting music continues]
[Jackson] The dominant slave narratives in the United States - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
[Jackson] The dominant slave narratives in the United States
Harriet Jacobs is the first, and I don't think that you have - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
Harriet Jacobs is the first, and I don't think that you...
[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