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Celebrating the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass
In February Form V students welcomed guest speakers from the Frederick Douglass Family Initiative, an Atlanta-based public charity that specializes in human trafficking prevention education. Nettie Washington Douglass and Kenneth B. Morris Jr., direct descendants of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, co-founded the organization along with Robert J. Benz. In celebration of the bicentennial of Douglass’ life and legacy, they have launched the One Million Abolitionists project, which will provide one million special edition, hardcover copies of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave.
Named by the Library of Congress as one of the eighty-eight books that shaped America, juniors read the Narrative last fall while studying the institution of slavery in American history classes. The Initiative hopes sharing Douglass’s story with students across the country will equip them with the tools they need to become the next generation of social activists and abolitionists to injustices around the world.
Left to right: Christopher Handwerger ’19, Andy Dunbar ’19, Harrison Moore ’19, Ben Burgess ’19, Jack Tongour ’19, Kenneth B. Morris Jr., Colton Van Voorhees ’19, Nettie Washington Douglass, Robert J. Benz, Simon Palmore ’19, Matthew Sheets ’19, Luke Mott ’19, and Noah Kang ’19.
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