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 ...

Founders & Guardians is a series The Meadville Tribune is publishing as America gets ready to celebate the 250th anniversary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late ...

Frederick Douglass, the most important leader in the struggle for Black civil rights in the 19th century, was honored in Washington, D.C. with the groundbreaking of a new community center in his name, ...

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Today, we commemorate the life of Frederick Douglass on (what is believed to be) the 206th birthday of one of the country’s most famous Americans. Born in February 1818, the exact date of his birth is ...

NEW YORK (AP) — David W. Blight’s biography of Frederick Douglass and Sarah Smarsh’s “Heartland” are among the nominees for awards celebrating nonfiction books of social consciousness and literary ...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” is considered one of the most significant works in American literary and political history.

In an hour’s sweep across a life of great consequence, five Asante Theatre actors whisked a full-house audience through a hip-hop exploration of the life and legacy of “the prophet and freedom-fighter ...

DENTON — “If you’ve been on Market Street in Denton, you’ve been following Douglass’ footsteps, the same places he walked as a young man,”author of Frederick Douglass in D.C.: Lion of Anacostia and ...

The National Portrait Gallery might seem an unusual venue for an exhibition about Frederick Douglass, particularly since what we see in portraits—the shade of his skin, his shock of hair, his fierce, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new initiative, The “Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives,” aims to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass in Rochester. The “Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives” has ...