XI.  Professor Blight, Yale University History Professor, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (2018).  Beginning with a description of the disastrous 1865 meeting between President Andrew Johnson, Douglass and other American black leaders, Blight analyzes the life, autobiographies, vision, and pragmatism of Douglass.

XI. Professor Blight, Yale University History Professor, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (2018). Beginning with a description of the disastrous 1865 meeting between President Andrew Johnson, Douglass and other American black leaders, Blight analyzes the life, autobiographies, vision, and pragmatism of Douglass.

XI.&nbsp; Professor Blight, Yale University History Professor,&nbsp;won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom&nbsp;(2018).&nbsp; Beginning with a description of the disastrous 1865 meeting between President Andrew Johnson, Douglass and other American black leaders, Blight analyzes the life, autobiographies, vision, and pragmatism of Douglass.

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Historic Matters is a podcast for people fascinated by American history, committed to history in civic life, and eager for good stories about the past well told.  The show brings together historians and teachers, authors and public historians to explore broad themes of history and smaller episodes, events, and people of the American past.  Good "storytelling" is essential to compelling history, and active civic participation demands an understanding of the past.

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Historic Matters is a podcast for people fascinated by American history, committed to history in civic life, and eager for good stories about the past well told. The show brings together historians and teachers, authors and public historians to explore broad themes of history and smaller episodes, events, and people of the American past. Good "storytelling" is essential to compelling history, and active civic participation demands an understanding of the past.

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