On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass offered the following remarks on the Fourth of July. to a an audience at Rochester, New York. Here’s a text of the complete address as published later that year.
Here are two versions of excerpts of the address as delivered. The first is by James Earl Jones in 2004:
The second is by Danny Glover at the same event the following year:
Enjoy … and reflect.
Crossroads 