Fredrick Douglass On Lincoln

Fredrick Douglass On Lincoln

Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln by Frederick Douglas, given on April 14, 1876, the anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination and of the emancipation of the slaves in the District of Columbia. All day long he could split heavy rails in the woods, and half the...
W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

On the Backlash to the Previous Letter After the May 1922 Issue of The Crisis Magazine, was published, W.E.B. Dubois was severely upbraided for his analysis of Lincoln. The following is his response to such criticism which was subsequently published in the September...