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Revisiting Frederick Douglass with Dr. Thomas Jodziewicz

Liberal Learning for Life @ UD

English - June 19, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB
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In this conversation recorded last fall, Dr. Jodziewicz talks about Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century black American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Dr. Jodziewicz explains why Douglass matters today and what his life can tell us about the benefits of one of the more unusual educations in the liberal arts.