In conversation with Mass Humanities Fellows educational storyteller Desiree Taylor (M.Ed., M.A.) and historian Professor Anne F. Mattina (Ph.D), Stonehill College (MA)
With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Mass Humanities created research fellowships to synthesize research on the life of Frederick Douglass in Massachusetts and on the origins of the shared reading tradition of Frederick Douglass’s influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”. As a part of their work to advance new ideas about historical texts and engage neighbors in meaningful conversations about what it means to be a free and equitable society, the two fellows will present their findings about his connections and influences on cities and towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.