Why is the Negro Lynched?
Frederick Douglass
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We have felt that the most fitting tribute that we, of the Anti-Caste movement, can pay to the memory of this noble and faithful life is to issue broadcast—as far as the means entrusted to us will allow—his last great appeal for justice (uttered through the pages of “The A.M.E. Church Review” only a few months before his death). A slanderous charge against Negro morality has gone forth throughout the world and has been widely credited. The white American has had his say both North and South. On behalf of the accused, Frederick Douglass claims, in the name of justice, to be heard. (From the introduction) (1 hr 43 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 1:42 | Read by Josh Kibbey |
Chapter I | 13:32 | Read by Josh Kibbey |
Chapter II | 15:13 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
Chapter III | 12:55 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
Chapter IV | 12:32 | Read by Gene Pease |
Chapter V | 11:58 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
Chapter VI | 23:48 | Read by Gene Pease |
Chapter VII | 11:41 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
Reviews
Now I know why they lynched the African descendants for profit
Njuguna Gichohi