By LaKeshia N. Myers When Frederick Douglass stood before a Rochester audience on July 5, 1852, and delivered his searing critique “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, he exposed the fundamental contradiction at the heart of American democracy. His words cut through the celebratory veneer of Independence Day to reveal a nation […]
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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
A Composite Nation: Then and Now
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 1867, Frederick Douglass used a debate about immigration to make the following point: “We are a country of all extremes, ends and opposites; the most conspicuous example of composite nationality in the world … In races we range all the way from black to white, with intermediate […]
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The Past Informs Our Future Fights
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor African Americans are embarking on a redistricting fight for fair representation, that is proportionate to our population in Wisconsin. In keeping a watchful eye on the local and state process, we understand that a nudge of a district line could change the ability of African Americans to get […]
Moment in Black History: Frederick Douglass
By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 20, 2015 Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born the son of a slave and a white man in Talbot County, Maryland. Some believe Douglass’s father was the owner of the very plantation he spent the first eight years of his life on. Before the […]