Reading Frederick Douglass Together
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Join us for a powerful multilingual reading of Frederick Douglass' iconic speech, What to the Slave is Your Fourth of July? Presented in Wôpanâak (indigenous Wampanoag language), Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole and English.
This free public event reflects the cultural richness of New Bedford today while calling us to consider the speech’s enduring message of justice, equity, and freedom. Opening the event will be University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Associate Dean/Director of the Frederick Douglass Unity House, Dr. Moise St. Louis, PhD.
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Location: Bristol Community College
800 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
Refreshments will be provided by Café Arpeggio
This event is free but registration is encouraged.
Learn more and register for this free event at BristolCC.edu/FrederickDouglass
This program is funded by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
This free public event reflects the cultural richness of New Bedford today while calling us to consider the speech’s enduring message of justice, equity, and freedom. Opening the event will be University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Associate Dean/Director of the Frederick Douglass Unity House, Dr. Moise St. Louis, PhD.
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Location: Bristol Community College
800 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA
Refreshments will be provided by Café Arpeggio
This event is free but registration is encouraged.
Learn more and register for this free event at BristolCC.edu/FrederickDouglass
This program is funded by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
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Bristol Community College (800 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA), United States
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