Not Just Another Day Off 2019 by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:06:01Z The Folger’s annual “Not Just Another Day Off” program celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday with readings of poetry and historical speeches. In 2019, award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson joined us to share her work. Actors Sara Barker, Jeremy Hunter, and Fatima Quander read speeches originally delivered by Dr. King, Shirley Chisholm, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, and others. Listen to a playlist of recordings from our 2019 reading. Genre Learning Contains tracks The Declaration of Independence by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:42Z "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - Frederick Douglass by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:40Z "Ain't I A Woman?" - Sojourner Truth by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:58Z The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:41Z "Across the Parade" - Marilyn Nelson by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:06:00Z
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - Frederick Douglass by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:40Z
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln by Folger Shakespeare Library published on 2020-06-26T21:05:41Z