,i  #aah? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #gcgh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #ae1         
#bjbd,mr4 ,ivey 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,h>ris1
 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,arm/rong1 ,ms4      
,b>ragn1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,br[n1 ,mr4
 ,c>bajal1 ,mr4 ,c>son1 ,mr4 ,c>t] (    
,l\isiana1 ,mrs4 ,*]filus-,mc,cormick1  
,ms4 ,*u1 ,ms4 ,cl>ke ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4
 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,crockett1 ,mr4 ,davis ( 
,ill9ois1 ,ms4 ,escob>1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1
 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mrs4  
,f\%ee1 ,mr4 ,goldman ( ,new ,york1 ,mr4
 ,got!im]1 ,mr4 ,gre5 ( ,texas1 ,mr4    
,hors=d1 ,mr4 ,hoy]1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1
 ,mr4 ,johnson ( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kelly (
 ,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kim (    
,new ,j]sey1 ,ms4 ,ku/]1 ,mr4 ,lawl]1   
,ms4 ,lee ( ,cali=nia1 ,ms4 ,mc,clellan1
 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,ms4 ,moore ( ,wiscons91  
,mr4 ,mull91 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4     
,plaskett1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,rask91 
,mr4 ,rupp]sb]g]1 ,ms4 ,salaz>1 ,ms4    
,sal9as1 ,ms4 ,sn*ez1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1   

,mr4 ,s*iff1 ,mr4 ,scott ( ,virg9ia1    
,ms4 ,sewell1 ,mr4 ,smi? ( ,new ,j]sey1 
,ms4 ,/ev5s1 ,mr4 ,?an$>1 ,ms4 ,titus1  
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,v>gas1  
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,williams (
 ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,wilson ( ,florida1 &   
,ms4 ,davids ( ,kansas7 introduc$ !     
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          
,committee on ,f9ancial ,s]vices1 & 9   
addition to ! ,committee on ,h\se       
,adm9i/ration1 = a p]iod to be          
subsequ5tly det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 ea* 
case = consid]ation ( su* provisions z  
fall )9 ! jurisdiction ( ! committee    
conc]n$  ,a ,,bill  ,to aw>d po/hum\sly 
a ,congressional ,gold ,m$al to ,fr$]ick
 ,d\glass 9 recognition ( 8             
contributions to ! cause ( fre$om1 human
 rights1 & ! abolition ( slav]y 9 !     
,unit$ ,/ates4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is    
,act may be cit$ z ! ,fr$]ick ,d\glass  
,congressional ,gold ,m$al ,act4  #b4   
,f9d+s ,congress f9ds ! foll[+3 7#a7    
,fr$]ick ,d\glass ov]came ! h>r[+       
circum/ances ( slav]y to become "o (    

,am]ica's mo/ prom95t & influ5tial      
figures z an abolitioni/1 j\rnali/1 &   
activi/4 ,he us$ 8 voice & influ5ce to  
advocate = ! end ( slav]y1 ! advancem5t 
( civil rights1 & ! "r ( black m5 to    
vote4  7#b7 ,fr$]ick ,d\glass 0 born    
into slav]y 9 ,febru>y #ahah 9 ! nor!a/ 
corn] ( ,talbot ,c\nty ne> ! t[n ( ,que5
 ,anne4 ,at age #f1 ,fr$]ick ,d\glass   
began labor+ at ! :eat plantation (     
,colonel ,edw>d ,lloyd4 ,he 0 soon      
transf]r$ to ,baltimore1 :]e he work$ = 
#g ye>s 9 ! resid5ce ( ,hugh & ,sophia  
,auld4  7#c7 ,despite laws t prohibit$  
lit]acy ( enslav$ individuals1 ,fr$]ick 
,d\glass secretly taught himself to read
 & write by exam9+ disc>d$ newspap]s &  
/udy+ books on rhetoric1 ma/]+ ! /yle ( 
! "t p]iod4 ,on lit]acy1 ,d\glass 0     
cle>1 /at+3 ,once y le>n to read1 y w be
 =ev] free41 & t ,k makes a man unfit to
 be a slave44  7#d7 ,d\glass mov$ to a  
plantation ne> ,/4 ,mi*ael1 ,m>yl&1 :]e 
he />t$ a secret s*ool = slaves t 0 lat]
 brok5 up by an angry mob ( :ite        

t[nspeople4 ,z puni%m5t1 ,d\glass 0     
loan$ out to a local f>m] ) a reputation
 z a slave break]4 ,undaunt$1 ,d\glass  
/>t$ ano!r s*ool = slaves & began plott+
 to escape & lib]ate himself f slav]y4  
7#e7 ,s5t back to ! ,auld resid5ce 9    
,baltimore1 ,d\glass unsuccessfully     
attempt$ to buy 8 fre$om1 & in/ead      
escap$ 9 #ahch at ! age ( #bj4 ,speak+ (
 8 fre$om1 ,d\glass said1 ,i pray$ =    
fre$om = tw5ty ye>s1 b receiv$ no answ] 
until ,i pray$ ) my legs44 ,he travel$  
to ,new ,york :]e he work$ on :al+ %ips 
:ile avoid+ slave cat*]s4 ,he adopt$ !  
surname ,d\glass on ! sugge/ion ( 8     
fri5d1 ,na?an ,johnson1 :o 0 inspir$ by 
a "* 9 ,sir ,walt] ,scott's poem ,!     
,lady ( ! ,lake4  7#f7 ,speak+ at !     
,augu/ #ahda conv5tion ( ! ,massa*usetts
 ,anti-,slav]y ,society on ,nantucket   
,isl&1 ,d\glass g>n]$ ! att5tion ( lead+
 abolitioni/s1 catapult+ him into a     
speak+ t\r ( nor!rn /ates1 :]e he & 8   
fell[ speak]s (t5 endur$ v]bal &        
physical abuse4  7#g7 ,d\glass support$ 

wom5's rights4 ,he att5d$ ! r5[n$ ,s5eca
 ,falls ,conv5tion 9 #ahdh1 support+ !  
inclusion ( a l&m>k resolution t dem&$ !
 "r = all wom5 to vote4  7#h7 ,8        
gr\ndbreak+ autobiographies1 includ+    
,n>rative ( ! ,life ( ,fr$]ick ,d\glass1
 an ,am]ican ,slave 7#ahde71 ,my        
,bondage & ,my ,fre$om 7#ahee71 & ,life 
& ,times ( ,fr$]ick ,d\glass 7#ahha71   
provid$ detail$ acc\nts ( ! life ( an   
enslav$ individual1 ! /ruggles to       
escape1 & ! fight = fre$om4 ,8          
abolitioni/ newspap]1 ! ,nor? ,/>1      
promot$ fre$om = slaves dome/ically &   
abroad4 ,^! writ+s n only expos$ !      
brutalities ( slav]y1 b also dispell$   
my?s ab\t ,african ,am]ican inf]iority4 
7#i7 ,d\glass spoke =cefully ab\t human 
oppression4 ,on ,augu/ #crd1 #aheg1 he  
deliv]$ an address 9 ,can&aigua1 ,new   
,york1 emphasiz+ ! "w requir$ to w9     
fre$om4 ,if !re is no /ruggle !re is no 
progress4 ,^? :o pr(ess to favor fre$om 
& yet deprecate agitation are m5 :o want
 crops )\t pl[+ up ! gr\nd2 !y want ra9 

)\t ?und] & lightn+4 ,!y want ! ocean   
)\t ! awful ro> ( its _m wat]s4,?is     
/ruggle may be a moral "o1 or x may be a
 physical "o1 & x may be bo? moral &    
physical1 b x mu/ be a /ruggle4 ,p[]    
conc$es no?+ )\t a dem&4 ,x nev] did & x
 nev] w4 ,f9d out j :at any p w quietly 
submit to & y h f\nd out ! exact measure
 ( inju/ice & wrong :i* w be impos$ ^u  
!m1 & ^! w cont9ue till !y are resi/$ ) 
ei!r words or bl[s1 or ) bo?4 ,! limits 
( tyrants are prescrib$ by ! endurance (
 ^? :om !y oppress44  7#aj7 ,d\glass 0  
active politically1 endors+ !           
anti-slav]y plat=m ( ! ,republican      
,p>ty4 ,he advis$ ,presid5t ,abraham    
,l9coln dur+ ! ,civil ,w>1 press+ him to
 emancipate all slaves & all[+ _!       
enli/m5t 9 ! ,union ,army4 ,?is policy  
w\ld prove crucial to ! ,union ,army's  
recruit+ ef=ts & ev5tual victory ov] !  
,conf$]acy4  7#aa7 ,d\glass became !    
fir/ ,black j\rnali/ grant$ access to ! 
,capitol press gall]ies4 ,hold+ memb]%ip
 f #ahga to #ahge1 he dilig5tly report$ 

on legislative developm5ts )9 ! ,h\se & 
,s5ate dur+ ! ,recon/ruction era4 ,8    
reports consi/5tly provid$ vital        
in=mation to ,black communities1 bridg+ 
! gap betwe5 legislative actions & _!   
impacts on ^! communities4  7#ab7 ,aft] 
! w>1 ,d\glass cont9u$ to "w on full    
implem5tation ( abolition4 ,despite !   
passage ( ! ,?irte5? ,am5dm5t t outlaw$ 
slav]y1 ,d\glass argu$ t ! "w (         
,abolitioni/s is n done1 & t equal      
citiz5%ip & rights 7 ess5tial to f9i% ! 
cause4 ,he support$ ! passage ( !       
,f\rte5? & ,fifte5? ,am5dm5ts1 pu%+     
above all = ! "r = black m5 to vote4    
7#ac7 ,d\glass cont9u$ to advocate =    
full engagem5t & enfran*isem5t ( ,blacks
 9 society1 d5\nc+ & speak+ on          
segregation & ! gr[+ wave ( viol5ce     
aga9/ ,blacks 9 ! ,am]ican ,s\?4        
,fru/rat$ t ! promises ( ,recon/ruction 
_h n come to fruition1 ,d\glass spoke 9 
,new ,hamp%ire dur+ ! w9t] ( #ahge4 ,he 
pond]$ to audi5ces :y ! ,am]ican p c\ld 
/& = ! c5tralization ( slav]y1 b n /& ! 

c5tralization = lib]ty4  7#ad7 ,d\glass 
held sev]al important public (fices1    
includ+ ,u4,s4 ,m>%al = ! ,di/rict (    
,columbia 7#ahgg to #ahha71 ,record] (  
,de$s = ! ,di/rict ( ,columbia 7#ahha to
 #ahhf71 & ,m9i/] to ,haiti 7#ahhi to   
#ahia71 fur!r solidify+ 8 role z a      
/atesman & lead]4  7#ae7 ,d\glass 0     
rel5tless 9 8 pu% = equality ?r\gh      
=ceful spee*es & writ+s until 8 dea? on 
,febru>y #bj?1 #ahie4 ,on ,febru>y #ba/1
 #ahie1 ! ,u4,s4 ,s5ate pass$ a         
resolution to adj\rn to m\rn 8 pass+4   
,d\glass laid 9 /ate 9 ,city ,hall z    
tributes to 8 life spread across !      
c\ntry4  7#af7 ,fr$]ick ,d\glass's      
impact is n conf9$ to 8 era4 ,8 spee*es1
 writ+s1 & actions set prec$5ts & laid  
f\ndations = future /ages ( ! civil     
rights movem5t4 ,8 life /ory s]ves z a  
te/am5t to ! resili5ce ( ! human _s & ! 
p[] ( det]m9ation4 ,rem9d+ ,am]icans t1 
,if !re is no /ruggle1 !re is no        
progress41 ! legacy ( ,fr$]ick ,d\glass 
p]si/s today 9 ,ea/on1 ,m>yl& & across !

 _w z 8 tea*+s1 values1 & ideals cont9ue
 to inspire1 *all5ge1 & guide our nation
 t[>ds a bright]1 m inclusive future4   
#c4 ,congressional gold m$al  7a7       
,pres5tation au?oriz$ ,! ,speak] ( !    
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives & ! ,presid5t   
pro tempore ( ! ,s5ate %all make        
appropriate arrangem5ts = ! po/hum\s    
pres5tation1 on behalf ( ,congress1 ( a 
gold m$al ( appropriate design to       
,fr$]ick ,d\glass1 9 recognition ( 8    
contributions to ! cause ( fre$om1 human
 rights1 & ! abolition ( slav]y 9 !     
,unit$ ,/ates4  7b7 ,design & /rik+ ,=  
purposes ( ! pres5tation ref]r$ to 9    
subsection 7a71 ! ,secret>y ( !         
,treasury 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is ,act z !     
,secret>y7 %all /rike a gold m$al )     
suitable emblems1 devices1 &            
inscriptions1 to be det]m9$ by !        
,secret>y4  7c7 ,aw>d ( m$al  7#a7 ,9   
g5]al ,aft] ! aw>d ( ! gold m$al ref]r$ 
to 9 subsection 7a71 ! gold m$al %all be
 giv5 to ! ,national ,museum ( ,african 
,am]ican ,hi/ory & ,culture1 :]e x %all 

be display$ z appropriate4  7#b7 ,s5se (
 congress ,x is ! s5se ( ,congress t !  
,national ,museum ( ,african ,am]ican   
,hi/ory & ,culture %\ld make ! gold m$al
 receiv$ "u p>agraph 7#a7 available =   
display else:]e1 p>ticul>ly at o!r      
locations & ev5ts associat$ ) ,fr$]ick  
,d\glass4  #d4 ,duplicate m$als ,"u su* 
regulations z ! ,secret>y may prescribe1
 ! ,secret>y may /rike & sell duplicates
 9 bronze ( ! gold m$al /ruck "u section
 #c1 at a price suffici5t to cov] ! co/s
 ( ! m$als1 includ+ labor1 mat]ials1    
dies1 use ( ma*9]y1 & ov]head exp5ses4  
#e4 ,/atus ( m$als  7a7 ,national m$als 
,m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act are national   
m$als = purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title    
#ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code4  7b7          
,numismatic items ,= purposes ( section 
#eacd ( title #ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 
all m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act %all be     
consid]$ to be numismatic items4  #f4   
,au?ority to use fund am\nts2 proce$s ( 
sale  7a7 ,au?ority ,to use fund am\nts 
,!re is au?oriz$ to be *>g$ aga9/ !     

,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t ,public ,ent]prise   
,fund su* am\nts z may be necess>y to   
pay = ! co/s ( ! m$als /ruck pursuant to
 ?is ,act4  7b7 ,proce$s ( sale ,!      
am\nts receiv$ f ! sale ( duplicate     
bronze m$als au?oriz$ "u section #e %all
 be deposit$ into ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t  
,public ,ent]prise ,fund4