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Reading for Douglass Day 2023

Books, articles, and videos on Mary Ann Shadd Cary

• Jane Rhodes, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century, Indiana Univ. Press, 1998.
• Videos on Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s life, times, and significance on the national Douglass Day website
• Videos from Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research

Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY

• No Soil Better: Discover the Life and Work of Frederick Douglass in Rochester
• University of Rochester’s Fredick Douglass Project
• Marcus A. Watts, “Web Essay: Washington Honors Douglass Better than Rochester,” Democrat and Chronicle, July 24, 2013.
• “Editorial: Rochester Can Lead the Way in Honoring Frederick Douglass,” Democrat and Chronicle, December 28, 2017.
• Justin Murphy, “Frederick Douglass Statues to Be Installed throughout Rochester,” Democrat and Chronicle, July 17, 2018.