Time has a way of sanding off the rough edges of historical memory, turning even the most convulsive, contentious lives into opportunities for national triumphalism and self-congratulation. With ...

BALTIMORE — Did you know that civil rights leader Frederick Douglass spent much of his life right here in Baltimore? Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, ...

The Mint abandoned civil rights concepts for the semi-quincentennial coins, favoring traditional patriotic symbols.

From escaped slave to worldwide advocate of abolition and social justice, Frederick Douglass's larger-than-life presence spanned the 19th century. As a young man, Douglass fled his Maryland plantation ...

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11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. In recognition of Black History Month, The Heritage Foundation and The Douglass Leadership Institute are looking back at the life and legacy of one of the most renowned Black ...

David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Originally broadcast in 2018.

(RNS) — ‘Religion for both Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass was the foundation in many ways of who they are,’ said co-director Stanley Nelson. (RNS) — Frederick Douglass called the Bible one of ...

Today is Juneteenth. The most recently recognized federal holiday (formalized in 2021 as Juneteenth National Independence Day), Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of enslaved people in Texas at the end ...

Dean Nelson is the executive director for Human Coalition Action, a pro-life organization committed to ending the culture of death, and the chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation. This time of ...

Part I. The photographs -- Part II. Contemporaneous artwork -- Part III. The photographic legacy -- Part IV. Douglass's writings on photography -- Part V. Catalogue raisonné "Picturing Frederick ...

Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great grandson of abolitionist, author and social reformer Frederick Douglass, speaking at School of the Future on Thursday, Feb. 15. (Patriciah Hawkins) From Philly and ...