How Frederick Douglass Became the Father of the Civil Rights Movement

How Frederick Douglass Became the Father of the Civil Rights Movement

Perhaps Frederick Douglass summarized his life’s experiences and driving forces best when he gave his keynote speech asking “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Born into servitude, Douglass made freedom his life’s work, not only for himself, but for other men and women who suffered merely because of their misfortune of being born into what was considered a second-class race or gender. Douglass rose to become one of America’s foremost Civi…