Frederick Douglass (1894)

Call to mind the sublime and glorious truths with which at its birth, it saluted a listening world. It announced the advent of a nation based upon human Brotherhood and the self evident truths of liberty and equality. Apply these sublime and glorious truth[es] to the situation now before you. put away your prejudice, banish the idea that one class must rule over another, recognize the fact that the rights of the humblest citizen are as worthy of protection as are those of the highest and your problem will be solved.

Full speech here

Excerpts here

F Douglass Papers

A week of walking in the cold

Fairmount: I think I’m going to create a series of photos called something like “most impressive overuse of salt.” It’s horrible for the dogs, for the street, for your floors. But some blocks and some stairs… “you better cook my meat. I don’t want to see a speck of pink on it.”