English 3R - American Literature

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

A speech to watch

Frederick Douglass refers to a progressive speech that couldn't be ignored.  The link here will bring you a video of a girl giving a presentation to an arm of the United Nations.  It's about a different topic and, obviously, of a different time period, but the point here is the courage and vision she / they embody when speaking up on behalf of silenced pieces of our world.