The Life of Frederick Douglass

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 10, 2019

David Blight, professor of American history and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, talks about his book Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster, 2018).

EVENT:

Catch David Blight speaking at John Jay Homestead in Katonah, NY on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 6:30; and at the Chapin School on upper east side of Manhattan, Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 6 pm; or at the St. Paul's Chapel of Trinity Church, Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7 pm (ticket information in links).

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