[Hac-announce] What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?--Discussion and Pot Luck--Re: Coming up: Discussion - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? | Saturday, July 26, 2025, 1:30PM to 3:30PM | Humanist Association of Connecticut

[Manny Sholem Ratafia]

I'm looking forward to our meeting this coming Saturday at USNH, 700 
Hartford Turnpike in Hamden.

What we will be hearing is not the full speech, but it will be a good 
part of it. I think you will find the Ossie Davis performance of the 
Frederick Douglass historic speech easy to follow and compelling, and it 
will make for good discussion.

You don't need to do any homework in advance, but if you're curious, you 
may want to see the Wikipedia write-up at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July%3F

and if you get really ambitious, you may want to look at the annotated 
speech at

https://daily.jstor.org/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july-annotated/

The potluck dinner is 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm, the Ossie Davis Frederick 
Douglass performance is until 3:00pm, and then we will have the 
discussion until around 3:30pm.

Please bring a dish to share (note the comment below about baked goods).

See you then.

Manny

P.S.: If you want to RSVP on Meetup, which is optional, the link is:
https://www.meetup.com/cthumanist/events/308534865/?eventOrigin=group_events_list 


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On 7/19/2025 7:18 PM, webmaster--- via Hac-announce wrote:
> Coming up: Discussion - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? | 
> Saturday, July 26, 2025, 1:30PM to 3:30PM | Humanist Association of 
> Connecticut
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> Discussion - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
> Saturday, July 26, 2025
> 1:30PM to 3:30PM
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> We will start with a potluck dinner at 1:30 pm, followed at 2:15 pm by 
> listening to the historic 1852 Frederick Douglass speech that has come 
> to be known as "/What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?/" — as 
> timely today as it was then. We will hear a performance by Ossie Davis 
> which runs 25 minutes. This Frederick Douglass speech has been 
> delivered by a number of well-known actors over the years, often in 
> abbreviated versions. The Ossie Davis rendition is the full speech, 
> and perhaps the best of the performances. Manny Ratafia will then 
> moderate a discussion.
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> Please bring a dish to share. Coffee and tea will be provided. If you 
> plan on bringing a baked dessert such as cake, pie or cookies, e-mail 
> Manny Ratafia at manny at ratafias.com to let him know what you will be 
> bringing. (In past similar events, there were too many baked goods.)
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