Frederick Douglass

July 1, 2021

Frederick Douglass Speech

Each year on the Fourth of July, the Edgartown Federated Church hosts a reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech, The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro.
Frederick Douglass

2022

July 3, 2022

The Words of Frederick Douglass Ring Out from the Federated Church

Zach Harris
Federated Church
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass died over 100 years ago, but his words were very much alive Saturday at the Federated Church in Edgartown.

2021

August 19, 2021

The Moment Is Always Now for Frederick Douglass

Bill Eville
Frederick Douglass
Tabernacle
Roger Guenveur Smith
This Saturday, the pioneering abolitionist, feminist and master orator visits the Tabernacle stage again, in Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man show, Frederick Douglass Now.
July 1, 2021

Frederick Douglass Speech

Frederick Douglass
Each year on the Fourth of July, the Edgartown Federated Church hosts a reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech, The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro.

2019

July 4, 2019

Whose Fourth?

Frederick Douglass
The following is excerpted from a speech delivered by Frederick Douglass to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society on July 5, 1852.

2018

July 3, 2018

Douglass Speech Is Reminder That Not Everyone Is Free

Steve Myrick
Frederick Douglass
African American Heritage Trail
Fourth of July
The words of Frederick Douglass rang out from the Federated Church in Edgartown Tuesday, as readers recited the abolitionist orator’s famous speech.
June 28, 2018

Frederick Douglass’s Message of Freedom on the Fourth of July

Noah Asimow
Fourth of July
Federated Church of Martha's Vineyard
Frederick Douglass

The Federated Church will host a reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful speech The Meaning of Fourth of July to the Negro.

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