Veritas: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
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A discussion of the meaning of Frederick Douglas' Fourth of July Speech.
Robert Maynard was one of many individuals with the Vermont Humanities Council who hosted events commemorating the Fourth of July Speech by escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglas on July 5, 1852 in Rochester, New York. Listen to this show to learn about why this speech is still very relevant to today.
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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!