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?? Sing your praise without knowing... ♪ But, of course,you had some people that were...

Stamped from the Beginning • 2023

�� Sing your praise without knowing... ♪ [Kendi] But, of course,
you had some people that were like, "Those poems couldn't have been written
by this Black girl." "That's... that's crazy.
That is just impossible." And so as a result, a group of prominent Boston white men gathered together to investigate, and they brought
Phillis Wheatley before them to really ascertain whether she actually
was the one who wrote those poems

Full Transcript

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♪ Sing your praise without knowing... ♪

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[Kendi] But, of course, you had some people that were like,

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"Those poems couldn't have been written by this Black girl."

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"That's... that's crazy. That is just impossible."

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And so as a result,

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a group of prominent Boston white men

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gathered together to investigate,

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and they brought Phillis Wheatley before them

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to really ascertain whether she actually was the one who wrote those poems.

Duration

35 seconds

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Timestamp in Movie

00:26:44

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".