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Frederick Douglass and his second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass, with her sister in back, USA, 1884 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Frederick Douglass was a badass. He was a former slave who obtained an education and worked with political leaders, garnering a measure of power and influence himself. He penned one of my favorite quotes of all time:

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

--Frederick Douglass

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 9 months ago

In addition to having plenty of excellent quotes from his long history of oratory, his memoirs are extremely well-written too. Highly recommend.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It is with the greatest of respect for Douglass that I link this ERB video for anyone who hasn't seen it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ZblMfZpuw

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ha! That is bad ass! Thanks so much for sharing that. I'm going to share this with about ten different people right now.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it! ERB slips some truth into a lot of their videos. It's not the only reason I like them, but it helps.

This one sneaks up on you a bit.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I absolutely love his independence day speech. An absolute badass, indeed

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We're all thinking it.

...aren't we?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. I, too, noticed his shoes look too narrow for his feet.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, both of them look tight as hell.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Those poor pinky toes.

[–] neo@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago

Yep, her sister looks like Christopher Moltisanti.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

That look of admiration!

[–] tcrash@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Seggsy except the guy