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This is actor James Earl Jones reading the speech during a performance of historian Howard Zinn&#8217;s acclaimed book,; Voices of a People History of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cWhat to the Slave Is 4th of July?\u201d: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass\u2019s Historic Speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6PaP578mUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What moments in this film stood out for you? 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