#frederickdouglass — Public Fediverse posts
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People are asking me about the race problem.... I know of no race problem. The great problem that confronts the American people to-day is a national problem -- whether this great nation of ours is great enough to live up to its own convictions, carry out its own declaration of independence, and execute the provisions of its own constitution.
-- Frederick Douglass (1893)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FrederickDouglass #Americans #Racism #USConstitution
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota
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Obama’s former speechwriter Ben Rhodes examines America through its 15 most defining speeches https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/28/ben-rhodes-all-we-say-book #Books #ObamaAdministration #FrederickDouglass #AbrahamLincoln #FranklinDRoosevelt #MartinLutherKing #JohnFKennedy #RonaldReagan #DonaldTrump #PoliticsBooks #Culture #History #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics
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“Chic”
Frederick Douglass’ first pocket watch. Douglass wrote that, for a formerly enslaved man, it was more than just a fashionable item — it was a powerful sign that he was free and that his time was now his own.
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#photography #history #blackhistory #frederickdouglass #watch #watches #museum #metmuseum