2024-12-22T03:36:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150143528/frederick-douglass-and-the-empowered-reader Sean Joyner 2019-06-27T12:04:00-04:00 >2022-11-23T07:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b4f511e9492ac14ce3385936ff426098.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architecture, like any field, is one filled with endless recordings, writings, images, and material of its long history. Books hold the information of the ages, yet so many of us are "too busy" to read any of it. We take our access to books for granted. But there are those of us who genuinely want to change that. We want to spend more time reading. We know that it's a practice that can help us grow and improve in our professional (and personal) pursuits. But, still, we have trouble making it happen. I think that sometimes, putting things into a certain perspective can help us make shifts like this in life. This article shares the early life of one of America's greatest citizens and how reading set him on a path to rid the world of one of its most horrifying institutions. Hopefully, a little snippet from his life can help give us an idea on how we might situate reading into our busy lives.&nbsp;</p>