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8. K&R

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 12:56 AM

Dec 2011

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
Frederick Douglass

True.

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'Read anything by Frederick Douglas? [View all] tfsoccer Dec 2011 OP

Here's a link to the full text of most of what he wrote. enlightenment Dec 2011 #1

One of the greatest men this country has produced jumptheshadow Dec 2011 #2

I read his slave narrative TuxedoKat Dec 2011 #3

amen! tfsoccer Dec 2011 #10

"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #5

thanks, I enjoyed it a lot. tfsoccer Dec 2011 #11

I read his stuff years ago in college. Thanks for posting. applegrove Dec 2011 #6

thank you! a great summing up! tfsoccer Dec 2011 #9

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2011 #8