NPR asked descendants of Frederick Douglass to deliver excerpts from his speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” It’s pretty fantastic:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBe5qbnkqoM&w=540&h=304]
You can read the full speech here. The descendants’ names and ages are listed on the YouTube page here. NPR notes that “this video was inspired by Jennifer Crandall’s documentary project” Whitman, Alabama. Tom Sullivan posted another version of Douglass’ speech in a recent post here.