July 4, 2021 Dear Friends of Hallie Q. Brown, On July 5th, 1852, Frederick Douglass, delivered his speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” in Corinthian Hall in Rochester, NY. He’d been invited by the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester, to give a July 4th speech, he opted to speak on the 5th instead. […]
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