HISTORY | Famed orations from Frederick Douglass

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m., head to UIS Brookens Auditorium for a Black History Month event hosted by the UIS ECCE Speaker Series. This living history presentation features actor Fred Morsell and his riveting reprisal of Frederick E. Douglass’ most poignant commentary on slavery, racial discrimination and overcoming adversity. Morsell, as Douglass, will highlight important periods throughout Douglass’ life, paying special attention to the personal transformations that helped shape his understanding of race. Morsell, a New York City-based professional actor, began his career impersonating Douglas in 1984, during a reading of Douglass’ work while conducting a program for inner city youth. Since then, Morsell has portrayed Douglass for colleges, civic groups, churches and theaters. He also founded a nonprofit, Fremarjo Enterprises, to lead seminars and workshops on improving relations between blacks and whites. For more information on this and other ECCE Speaker Series programs, visit http://uis.edu/speakerseries/.