Among the Black figures who changed history in America, Frederick Douglass emerged as a beacon of defiance and intellect.

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium ... Douglass overcame his nervousness and gave a stirring, eloquent speech about his life as a slave. Douglass would continue to give speeches for the ...

...Speeches. Powerful film bringing to life the words and story of America's most famous anti-slavery activist, through talented actors including Nicole Beharie and Denzel Whitaker.

The Trump administration has taken unprecedented actions in retaliation against universities, students and law firms for ...

His 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is, as Sandefur says ... that subordinated individual rights — whether free speech or property rights — to the interests of the collective.” ...

Frederick Douglass was 6 years old when he began his life as a slave. By the standards of slavery, Douglass was often to get favored treatment. But the realities were to include hunger, cold and ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Friday that he will head to the Eastern Shore on Juneteenth to announce a plan to end the ...

By October, it will include objects ranging from Douglass’ speech to the metal prison bench from which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. composed his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail ...

Maybe it’s because we’ve all internalized Frederick Douglass’ speech and find it still depressingly relevant. More likely, it’s because while we love the time off work, we have no interest ...

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 ...

Beginning with his 1845 autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," Frederick ... July 12, 1854,” the speech countered pro-slavery reasoning.