I am the night, color me black.
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Middle School Resources
Prophet of FreedomBehind the “Leonine Gaze” of Frederick DouglassHistorian David Blight on his new biography of Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass, Scarred and tormented seeing men made slaves, set the course of his life to show how a slave became a man. In the cadences of the Bible and Shakespeare, A radical abolitionist with the gaze of a lion, Douglass bestrides the peaks and dark valleys of American history like a colossus, and a modern. More photographed than Lincoln; more traveled than any orator save possibly Mark Twain. He was face-to-face with the whole cast of the 19th Century — the only black man at the birthing of the women’s movement in Seneca Falls in 1848. He pushed back with Lincoln in the White House, and with the rebel John Brown before Harpers Ferry. He moved Emerson to say: “Here is the Anti-Slave.” Ken Burns and his collaborators have been creating historical documentary films for more than forty years. Known for a signature style that brings primary source documents, images, and archival video footage to life on screen, these films present the opportunity to pose thought-provoking questions for students, and introduce new ideas, perspectives, and primary sources.
Lesson Plan (46), Video (322), Media Gallery (92), Interactive (1), Image (26), Document (15) for Grades 4-13+
George Bridgetower's Biography
White supremacy has a history in Rochester, NY
(Home of Frederick Douglass) There are no Confederate monuments in Monroe County, and no white supremacist rallies are scheduled. But the Rochester New York area, proud as it is of its role in the anti-slavery movement, does have a history of racist groups and gatherings. It dates at least to 1872, when the local hero of that anti-slavery movement, Frederick Douglass, had his South Avenue house burned down while he was out of town. Read the whole story click here. The Unknown History of Atlantic Vs Islamic Slave TradeHow did we get from "The Civil War" to "The War of Northern Aggression?" The North won the war (whatever that means) but the South clearly won the propaganda war afterwards..These are the results of the "Daughters of the Confederacy's" Education program. How is it that the President’s Chief of Staff John Kelly, a well educated man and former General, commented that the Civil War would not have happened if there had been "compromise." He further said that General Lee "was an honorable man" when clearly the General forsook his oath to defend the United States, and the Constitution, to traitorously fight "for his state." I implore you, how did the “Civil War” metamorphosize into “War of Northern Aggression?” |
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