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Frantz Fanon
Frederick Douglass was a former slave turned activist, abolitionist, orator, and writer. His famous autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, details his experience as a slave, his education, and his resolve to fight back against his oppressors. A famous quote from this book appears in Citizen to accompany the frame-by-frame photographic progression of Zinedine Zidane headbutting Marco Materazzi during the 2006 soccer World Cup.
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Frederick Douglass Character Timeline in Citizen: An American Lyric
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Chapter 6
...face of discrimination. Just before Zidane’s head collides with Materazzi’s chest, a famous quote by Frederick Douglass appears: “But at this moment—from whence came the spirit I don’t know—I resolved to fight.”...
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