Erec Smith

Biography

Erec Smith is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and an associate professor of rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. Although he has eclectic scholarly interests, his primary work focuses on the rhetorics of anti-​racist activism, theory, and pedagogy as well as the role of rhetoric in a free, pluralistic, and civil society.

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Smith, Erec - What Frederick Douglass Teaches Us About the Meaning of Juneteenth (no text)
Erec Smith
What Frederick Douglass Teaches Us About the Meaning of Juneteenth

Juneteenth is rightly remembered as a celebration of freedom. But Douglass’s life and thought point us toward a deeper meaning: freedom is the opportunity to become self-​directed, self-​reliant, and responsible for one’s own destiny.