I had already perceived that this would be a long drawn out discussion because he was 78 years of age. ... At the age of 35 he would be faced with a drastic situation. Married and with five children, his wife could not take the pressures of not finding a job because of her color and jumps off of the Golden State Bridge. ...
I had already perceived that this would be a long drawn out discussion because he was 78 years of age. ... At the age of 35 he would be faced with a drastic situation. Married and with five children, his wife could not take the pressures of not finding a job because of her color and jumps off of the Golden State Bridge. ...
He demonstrated his intelligents at an early age. He graduated from high school at age 16, the valedictorian and only black in his graduating class of 12. ... He entered Harvard during its golden age and studied with William James and Albert Bushnell Hart. ...
Although he would not hold the same destiny of his fellow slaves, at a young age he was noticeably different. ... At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. ... This is your golden opportunity"5. ...
The Declaration of Independence of the United States states " We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain enaliable rights, that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness." So why then are people of a di...
