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 ...

Author Thomas Fellows talks about why he believes that, in retrospect, Frederick Douglass should have gone down in history as ...

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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, ...

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches is a 2022 documentary movie. It features the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass. He was a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement and a voice for human ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! This video offers an overview of the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" which was published in 1845, details his early life as a slave and ...

On a hot night in August 1841, fugitive slave Frederick Douglass stood before a thousand white people inside a rickety wooden building in Nantucket, Mass. A handful of Black people appeared in the ...

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 ...

See a free preview of this year's Theatre in the Classroom show Discovering Frederick Douglass: The Remarkable Life of a National Leader by Gabe Moses and directed by Avery LaMar Pope on Saturday, ...

HUDSON, Ohio — Nearly two centuries after abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered his only college commencement, a new generation of students at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson are bringing that ...

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