Swampscott and Nahant receive Frederick Douglass reading grant

Swampscott and Nahant receive Frederick Douglass reading grant

SWAMPSCOTT — For the second year, Swampscott and Nahant were awarded a Mass Humanities grant with funding made possible by Mass Cultural Council to present a community reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” The Swampscott Historical Commission, Nahant Historical Society, and Swampscott Recreation Department coordinated by S.U.R.E. Diversity will present the free event on July 2, fro…