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Reading Frederick Douglass Together
February 13, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Date: February 13, 2025
Afternoon Program: 12 PM – 2 PM
Reserve your free ticket here: Facebook Event
Program Highlights:
Operatic Performance by Monica Anderson-Spencer
Black History Month Stamp Dedication by the United States Postal Service to community members
*Former State Representative Benjamin Swan – Hamden 10th County
*Community Activist – Gladys Rodriguez-Parker
*President Emeritus – Worcester NAACP – Yvonne Brown
Guest Speaker from the United States Attorney General’s Office
Welcoming the Reading to the City – City Manager Eric Baptisa
Public reading of Frederick Douglass’s powerful speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Audience participation encouraged)
Evening Program: 6 PM – 9 PM
Reserve your free ticket here: Eventbrite Link
Program Highlights:
Operatic Performance by Christon Carney
Performance of Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, presented by PAHMUSA (Pan African Historical Museum USA) Performing Arts Sound and Theatre
Vendor – SIMPLY DELIGHT Baked Goods
Mass Humanities Funded Performance – #RFDT25