Video: “The Third Moment of the Sun: Black Elders and Generational Politics in Early America” by Morehouse College Professor

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In this presentation, Professor Frederick Knight (Morehouse College) uses generation as a category of analysis to interpret early African-American history. He shows how age was tied to labor and production in the early African-American experience; how elders shaped early African-American culture; how tensions, conflicts, and bridges arose between different generations of African-Americans; and how people used age to advance particular interests. Drawing on written, visual, and audio materials from a wide range of sources, Professor Knight argues that age mattered to black people in early America.

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Editor’s Note:

Frederick (Bailey) Douglass was raised, encouraged and mentored by elders. Throughout his public and private life he recognized these elders within his family and his community.

VIDEO: “Frederick Douglass and Frederick County, MD – Frederick County Civil War Roundtable” (February 18, 2021)

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Many thanks to the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for hosting and streaming the presentation.

VIDEO: Fred Morsell as Frederick Douglass – “The Lesson of the Hour,” Washington, D.C.; 1894

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Ed Note: Many years ago we had dinner with Mr. Fred Morsell and Frank Faragasso discussing the lost history of Douglass. We thank Mr. Morsell for his contributions to the field of Douglass Studies and sustained advocacy.

Video: “Black Abolitionists in Cork” | #DouglassWeek

Video: “Reading ‘Columbian Orator’ was turning point in Frederick Douglass’ life” -> WBAL TV (February 5, 2021)

VIDEO: “Baltimore’s Point Boys helped Frederick Douglass learn to read” -> WBAL TV (February 4, 2021)

VIDEO: Book talk w/ Lolita Buckner Inniss ’83 & Miguel Centeno “The Princeton Slave”

VIDEO: Raising of American flag at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

VIDEO: “Preserving history of Frederick Douglass homes in Fells Point” (WBAL-TV; Baltimore, August 2020)

Video: Jenny Masur: Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, DC (Prince George’s County Memorial Library)

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Author Jenny Masur discusses her book Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C., hosted by Misty Trunnell of the Oxon Hill Branch Library.