Frederick Douglass: Forever Free
Biography (nonfiction) 1,370 words, Level V (Grade 4), Lexile 970L
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"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." These are the words of the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who learned as an enslaved boy that education and freedom go hand in hand. Students will follow his life story as they read this book and learn how Douglass's desire for his own freedom led him to become one of the most important civil rights leaders in the United States.
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