Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...

It was an assertion of hard-won personal sovereignty: Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was ...

“He was a very busy man, surrounded by all kinds of important visitors, but he would always find ... where we came from and where we’re going.” Frederick Douglass’ family legacy As long as he can ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Students at Frederick Douglass High School got a visit from a special guest to help out with a school project. David White served in Vietnam as a teenager. Now, he’s ...

Civil rights leader Frederick Douglass’s Washington estate was in Anacostia, but one of the important moments of his life, his wedding to Helen Pitts, took place on the other side of the city ...

Jun 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Updated Oct 6, 2024 MANCHESTER — Eleven reverent souls stood in City Hall Plaza on Saturday, reading a keynote address given by Frederick Douglass, a famous African ...

WASHINGTON — Several rooms located in the House press gallery at the U.S. Capitol could be renamed to honor abolitionist Frederick Douglass under an amendment making its way through the House by ...