![]() ![]() Douglass is the greatest example of this phenomenon in the 19th century. ![]() Some of America’s major Civil Rights leaders who later became major office holders also are good examples. ![]() Vaclav Havel and many other Eastern European leaders after the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall also come to mind. Can you discuss the tension the aging Douglass experienced as he made the transition from radical outsider to political insider and symbolic figure of great fame?įew radical reformers in history live to see their causes triumph, and then also live long enough to become a political insider within the government or a system they had fought to overthrow, destroy, and reinvent. This conversation is courtesy of Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher. His book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, is available now at Queens Public Library. Blight, author of a new biography of Douglass and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will visit Flushing Library on Saturday, November 16 at 2pm. ![]() Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest abolitionists, known for his powerful oratory. ![]()
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