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<p>Frederick Douglass’ journey out of slavery and into the most powerful rooms in the country is a story of tenacity, luck and self-liberation.</p>
<div>Hear the story of his improbable rise with Douglass’ great-great-great-grandson, Ken Morris; Douglass’ <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/david-w-blight"><u>Pulitzer-prize-winning biographer</u></a>, David Blight, and Emmy-award winning actor Jeffrey Wright, who’s lent his voice to Douglass for <a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/frederick-douglass-in-five-speeches"><u>HBO</u></a> and <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass/id1607582173"><u>Apple Books</u></a>. <p></p>
<p>“He's a founding father of the American conscious.” Wright says of Douglass on <i>Making</i>. “That’s how I view him.”</p>
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