Fund Drive Special: The Life and Words of Frederick Douglass
b'A conversation about\\xa0the legacy of the most important African American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass.\\xa0 He escaped slavery and became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.\\nGuest:\\xa0David W. Blight\\xa0is Professor of American History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.\\xa0 He is the author or editor of several books inclu\\n\\nding\\xa0American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era; and\\xa0Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory.\\xa0 He has worked extensively on Douglass legacy, and been awarded the Bancroft Prize, the Abraham Lincoln Prize, and the Frederick Douglass Prize, among others. His latest book is\\xa0Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.\\n\\n\\n\\nSupport KPFA Today!!!\\n\\xa0\\nThe post Fund Drive Special: The Life and Words of Frederick Douglass appeared first on KPFA.'