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(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of h

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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

“All wishes, all aspirations, all hopes, all fears, all doubts, all determinations grow stronger and stronger precisely in proportion as they get themselves expressed in words, forms, colours, and action.”

— Frederick Douglass, “Lecture on Pictures (1861)”

I found one of my assignments I made a couple of years ago. In my Visual Communications class, our assignment was to create our own currency. Because we got this project in February, I decided to make mine related to Black History Month. 

We were told to create our own versions of the $1, $20, and the $100 bill. There’s a front and back version of each bill.

- Martin Luther King Jr. is on the $1 bill.

- Harriet Tubman is on the $20 bill (yes, I’m fully aware of what I did there). 

- Frederick Douglass is on the $100 bill.

I also found the sketches I made before working on the final drafts.

I drew today’s Google Doogle of Frederick Douglass. Happy Black History Month! *black fist emoji*