Dr. Roy Finkenbine, Professor of History at our McNichols Campus, was chosen as one of 70+ participants from around the nation who are cooperating in a dramatic reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” This speech tempers our patriotism with a stern reminder of what yet needs to be done in terms of racial justice.
The online event was sponsored, coordinated, and edited by the National Park Service. The recording is available here:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/index.htm