Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays
Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays
This chapter presents the editorial, “Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays,” where Fortune called on the community to end the practice of celebrating the lives of both Lincoln and Douglass during Negro History Week. “Douglass belongs to us,” Fortune proclaimed. The race, he argued, should leave Mr. Lincoln to the whites, and “Mr. Douglass should become their priority, an individual praised and honored for all the generations.” Fortune's argument is reminiscent of his editorial debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. about John Brown in 1889 and is a good example of Fortune's race pride late in his life.
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass Jr, editorials, African American community, Negro History Week
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