Name: Artist In Residence: Nathan Richardson reenacts Frederick Douglass
Start: 2026-04-15T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-15T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Rotunda

Artist In Residence: Nathan Richardson reenacts Frederick Douglass

Join us on the Penn campus for a reenactment of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the 4th of July?”
About this Event

Join us as we welcome Performance Poet and Frederick Douglass Historian Nathan to Penn campus! This event will be live performance.

Nathan M. Richardson is a published author, performance poet and Frederick Douglass Historian. He is the author of four collections of poetry and teaches a variety of workshops for emerging writers and spoken word artists. Nathan is now in the 14th year of The Frederick Douglass Speaking Tour - a living history performance that captures completely the physical, spiritual and intellectual essence of the former slave, writer, orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Nathan is a Chautauqua Scholar with more than 500 living history performances across the country.