Description: A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass's always-controversial speeches in Brooklyn, New York.
Brief description: THEODORE HAMM is chair of journalism and new media studies at St. Joseph's College in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. His previous books include Rebel and a Cause, The New Blue Media, and Pieces of a Decade (coedited with Williams Cole). Hamm's writings about New York City history and politics have appeared recently in the Village Voice, Vice News, the New York Daily News, and Jacobin. He lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He is the editor of Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn.
Review Quotes: This timely volume [presents] Douglass' towering voice in a way that sounds anything but dated.-- "The Philadelphia Tribune"