(1841) FREDERICK DOUGLASS, “THE CHURCH AND PREJUDICE”
NARRATED BY ELI HARRIS
In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern churches.
(1914) JOHN EDWARD BRUCE, “SONS OF AFRICA”
(NARRATED BY DJ DYKES)
In 1913, 57-year-old John Edward Bruce, one of the leading black nationalist figures in the United States, founded the Loyal Order of the Sons of Africa with the goal of freeing the African continent from colonialism and unifying its people.
(1792) PRINCE HALL, “A CHARGE DELIVERED TO THE BRETHREN OF THE AFRICAN LODGE”
VOICE NARRATION COMING SOON
On June 25, 1792, Hall delivered the speech at a Charles Town meeting hall, where he sets out the principles that would guide the black Masons for the next two centuries.
(1837) THEODORE S. WRIGHT, “PREJUDICE AGAINST THE COLORED MAN”
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Rev. Theodore S. Wright supported a resolution introduced into the New York State Anti-Slavery Society convention which said anti-black prejudice was “nefarious and wicked and should be practically reprobated and discountenanced.”
(1839) DANIEL A. PAYNE, “SLAVERY BRUTALIZES MAN”
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In June 1839, Payne delivered the oration at Fordsboro, New York, on the occasion of his ordination by the Franckean Synod of the Lutheran Church. The speech was delivered in support of a synodical report to end slavery in America. The speech helped persuade the synod leadership to support the report.
