CCP Douglass' Address Kentucky 1883 - "Fellow Citizens..."
Channel: Colored Conventions Project
Date: 2019-02-03

Dramatization: Frederick Douglass addresses the National Convention of Colored Men in Louisville, Kentucky, September 24, 1883. Read his full speech at http://coloredconventions.org/items/show/554.

This exerpt of the speech is performed by Hassan El-Amin, recorded by John Palmer and edited by datejie cheko green.

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