Watch "Reading Frederick Douglass"
On Thursday, July 2, members of the Natick community came together on the Morse Institute Library lawn for a shared public reading of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” from 1852. Inspired by the Mass Humanities’ Reading Frederick Douglass series, the Natick Historical Society gathered fifteen young people from Natick schools to take turns reading portions of Douglass’ speech.
CLICK HERE to watch a recording of the event by Natick Pegasus.
CLICK HERE to read an article by the Metrowest Daily News covering the event.
CLICK HERE for the full text of the speech courtesy of Mass Humanities.
Thank you to Mass Humanities for the inspiration and resources, Natick Pegasus for filming the event, the Morse Institute Library for lending their space to us, Wellesley College Associate Professor of History Brenna Greer for her introductory remarks, and, of course, to our incredible readers: Laila, Maya, Kevin, Hildy, Alexa, Helen, Tia, Andy, Juliana, Marley, Daniel, Gabe, Ilir, Ellery, and Arwen.
Photographs courtesy of Mike Pojman.