Unit Six Launch. Week One! 7/3. How May We Understand Freedom & Justice on the Fourth of July?

Teach Out Gathering Time

Sunday, July 3. 5:00-7:00pm PST

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91255451845

Meeting ID: 912 5545 1845

landscapes of the american experience:

hope, reflection, & how we build democracy in 2022

what to the justice minded is US independence day?

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our weekly guides

1. Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1852-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/

2. Clint Smith, How the Word is Passed, Author's Note (p. xiii) & Prologue (p. 3-7)

We will be reading the rest of Smith's book in the upcoming weeks of this unit, so acquiring the book is a great idea! Many independent and BIPOC, women owned bookstores stock it. If cost is prohibitive, contact the Teach Out for more information on receiving a copy!

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our weekly provocations

1. Study Questions: Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July"

The Douglass speech, while infamous, is lengthier and more intricate than meme & Internet culture (often activated around this time of year!) circulates it. For our 7/3/22 conversation, if you have the time, it may be fruitful to read the entirety of Douglass's words. Included above is a set of study questions that may activate some points for conversation or reflection. Feel free to use them as you see fit, and add your own.

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our weekly outro

Allow me to say, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country...

--Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,"

July 5, 1852