Fredrick Douglass and Beyond The Art of Being a Mutt

In this episode, I read a short essay I did about Fredrick Douglass and his critique of "holidays" in the times of slavery. I attempt to draw a correlation between the use of these holidays then and now. Douglass saw them as release valves for acts of insurrection, and one could argue that this idea sustains still today. Music: "The Crave" by Jelly Roll Morton and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" by James BrownSupport the Show.