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Profs & Pints Baltimore: The Fire of Frederick Douglass

Sun, Feb 23

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Baltimore

Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “The Fire of Frederick Douglass,” a dramatic look at the life of the greatest American of the 19th century, with Richard Bell, professor of history at the University of Maryland.

Profs & Pints Baltimore: The Fire of Frederick Douglass
Profs & Pints Baltimore: The Fire of Frederick Douglass

Time & Location

Feb 23, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Baltimore, 1611 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA

About the event

Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “The Fire of Frederick Douglass,” a dramatic look at the life of the greatest American of the 19th century, with Richard Bell, professor of history at the University of Maryland.


Frederick Douglass was a visionary—a prophet who could see a better future that lay just beyond reach. His talents were nothing short of extraordinary, combining in one man the oratorical skill of someone like Barack Obama or James Baldwin, the single-mindedness of Cesar Chavez or Bernie Sanders, the moral authority of Rev. William Barber or Rev. Martin Luther King, and the personal history of someone like Malala Yousafzai or the survivors of Sandy Hook.


Douglass put his exceptional gifts to use in the service of freedom, driving American slavery into the grave. After the carnage of the Civil War, he played a central role in the re-founding of the American Republic, and he spent decades afterwards…


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