Events

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Talk | Baltimore Book Festival

September 30

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018), with Wanda Q. Draper, Executive Director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum at the Baltimore Book Festival. The conversation will take place on the Literary Salon stage, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Sunday, September 30, 2018, 3:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the Baltimore Book Festival: http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/schedule/event-detail/3853/David-Blight,%20Frederick%20Douglass:%20Prophet%20of%20Freedom%20in%20conversation%20with%20Wanda%20Q.%20Draper,%20Executive%20Director%20of%20the%20Reginald%20F.%20Lewis%20Museum

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Launch | New York Historical Society

October 1

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) with Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Center for African-American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University. The event will be held in the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 on October 1, 2018, at 7:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the event: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/frederick-douglass-prophet-freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Talk | NYU Center for the Study of Transformative Lives

October 2

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018), at the New York University Center for the Study of Transformative Lives, Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 6:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frederick-douglass-prophet-of-freedom-tickets-49662038494

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Talk | National Museum of African American History and Culture

October 4

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018), with Spencer Crew, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University and curator of the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s inaugural exhibition entitled Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation 1876-1968 at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Thursday, October 4, 2018, 7:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the event: https://nmaahc.si.edu/calendar/event?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D129356472

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Book Talk | Flint Public Library

October 5

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018), at the Flint Public Library, 1026 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503, Friday, October 5, 2018, 6:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

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Freedom, Equality and Emancipation

December 05, 2017

David Blight and Thavolia Glymph explored the meaning of freedom, equality and emancipation as part of the National Constitution Center's celebration of the 150th anniversary of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Michael Gerhardt, scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center, moderated. The event was part of the Constitution Center's America’s Town Hall program on December 5, 2017 at the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall, 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

View video: https://constitutioncenter.org/debate/past-programs/freedom-equality-and-emancipation