npr:President Trump recently described Frederick Douglass as “an example of somebody who’s done an a
npr:President Trump recently described Frederick Douglass as “an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.” The president’s muddled tense – it came out sounding as if the 19th-century abolitionist were alive with a galloping Twitter following – provoked some mirth on social media. But the spotlight on one of America’s great moral heroes is a welcome one.Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of ControlPhoto: Hulton Archive/Getty Images -- source link