
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass with Dr. Anika Prather
The Classical Mind
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The Liberating Power of Reading
John: I wanted to ask about the act of reading uh that is such a shift for Douglas right when he begins to read. He says Du Bois talks about how reading these classics made him rise above the veil and many people read that and think elitism now john you know Du Bois does have some elit does have i'm not going to deny that he does come off as elitist but i think we can really connect it in this way that he's saying we don't have to stay where they say we have to stay down here in this partial understanding of humanity while they have the full canon. John: Frederick Douglass found himself enlightened that the veil was taken
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