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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
July 2020 VC Official Selection
Nick Michael, Mito Habe-Evans, and Q Ledbetter
Logline: In the summer of 2020, the U.S. commemorated Independence Day amid nationwide protests for racial justice and systemic reforms in the wake of George Floyd's death. That June, we asked five young descendants of Frederick Douglass to read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?". It's a powerful, historical text that reminds us of the ongoing work of liberation.
Publisher: NPR
Genre: Civil Rights, Slavery
Location Screened: New York
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