Making Frederick Douglass

Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Frederick Douglass’ journey out of slavery and into the most powerful rooms in the country is a story of tenacity, luck and self-liberation. Hear the story of his improbable rise with Douglass’ great-great-great-grandson, Ken Morris; Douglass’ Pulitzer-prize-winning biographer, David Blight, and Emmy-award winning actor Jeffrey Wright, who’s lent his voice to Douglass for HBO and Apple Books. "He's a founding father of the American conscious.” Wright says of Douglass on Making. “That’s how I view him.”

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0:00.0	A quick warning, this episode contains the discussions of slavery and violence.
0:07.2	He was born into slavery and treated with savagery and inhumanity.
0:16.2	But he secretly taught himself to read.
0:18.7	Then he escaped bondage to become America's most revered abolitionist and wrote the most
0:23.7	famous anti-slavery memoir in history.
0:29.8	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Making Frederick Douglass.
0:34.8	I'm Brandon Poe.
0:36.8	Today, how Frederick Douglass overcame all odds to escape slavery and become a gifted
0:42.7	order, a leader of his people, and one of the most famous Americans in the 19th century.
0:49.4	Joining us as Douglass's great, great, great grandson, Ken Morris.
0:53.8	His blood flows through my veins and I carry his DNA.
0:58.4	The Emmy-winning actor who has given his voice to Douglass many times, Jeffrey Wright.
1:03.1	He's on the level of the superhero, a historical superhero.
1:08.0	And the author of the Pulitzer-winning biography, Frederick Douglass, Propheta Freedom, Professor
1:13.7	David Blight.
1:14.7	Douglass is a pathway in understanding what this country is about and who we are.
1:22.4	How Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass.
1:26.2	Today, on Making.
1:35.1	Making is supported by Neil Gerber Eisenberg, a Chicago law firm committed to a diverse
1:40.0	and inclusive work environment where different people with different perspectives collaborate
1:44.8	to deliver innovative ideas and sophisticated counsel to clients with a focus on making
1:50.0	connections, resolving disputes, and building trust.
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