Darius Wallace’s portrayal of Douglass earned a long standing ovation in the Lehigh County courtroom where the famed ...

In his day, Frederick Douglass was known as one of the world’s most powerful orators, a piercing voice of conscience in the slave debate. On April 8, 1870, five years after the Civil War settled that ...

The first three words of Roger Guenveur Smith’s solo show, Frederick Douglass Now, currently running at the Irish Arts Center, sound as if they might have come from Narrative of the Life of Frederick ...

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans, ...

On July 2, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a passionate speech seeking to rouse the conscience of America in the face of slavery. Despite much progress since then, too many of his words fit frightening ...

A public reading of Frederick Douglass' speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" will be presented on the Grafton Common. The event, scheduled for July 5, will also feature music and group ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The community now has a space where they can watch planes take off and land and learn about the legacy of Frederick Douglass. Public officials dropped the curtain behind the ...

WEST CHESTER–Mayor Lillian DeBaptiste revived the spirit of Frederick Douglass, where he gave his final speech at West Chester University, with a spirited presentation of her own, on October 2.

Anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass first delivered this speech on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York. It was part of an event to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in ...

At a time when it feels like the president, Congress, and the judicial branches of government have collectively declared war on Black and brown America — actively reversing or dismantling civil rights ...