[ArcLight]

At the risk of offending some here, I must post one of the great July 4 orations in US history. This bold, radical speech should be taught in every school in the land.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[livius]

A beautiful speech, and I'd never read it all. (Just excerpts.)

Thanks for posting, although, alas, I doubt that the AFT/UFT and the educational establishment will ever allow our students to learn about it.

[F16Fighter]

What an articulate, meaningful and moving oratory through the mind and heart of Frederick Douglas regarding the irony of 'Independence Day' in his day.

Listening to him must have been absolutely spellbinding.

[Old Professer]

When I was between the ages of 10 and 13 I had to walk to school about the back road of gravel across the paved road and down to the schoolhouse; along the way, at the corner of the paved road there was a house with a man who I later learned was about 25 years old and mentally deficient, but all I knew of him at the time was that he always had a band-aid across his nose as it was always rubbed raw from his constant scratching at the scab.

I often think about that poor, young man at times like this.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Slavery is over, so what's the point?

[GOPcapitalist]

That website unfortunately leaves out much of the speech, including what I find to be the key passages.

[ArcLight]

I'm glad to see my fellow Freepers know a great speech when they see it. God bless America!