Article: Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down On Anniversary Of Famous Speech

Frederick Douglass

Article: Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down On Anniversary Of Famous Speech

07/06/2020

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The National Public Radio (NPR) presents a 2020 contemporary article, written by Matthew S. Schwartz, that discusses a statue of Frederick Douglass--a formerly enslaved African American, who became known for his prominent role in the abolitionist movement as well as for his speeches and writing against the institution of slavery--that was vandalized in Rochester, New York, and draws connections between the vandalism of the statue and the "national fever over confederate monuments."

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