(Emma Lee/WHYY) Two direct descendants of prominent figures of United States history — Frederick Douglass and John Brown — met in Philadelphia for the first time at a hip hop play featuring their ...

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 170 years ago.

The divisions are felt deeply here in Talbot County, where a young Frederick Bailey — later Douglass — was once enslaved. Members of the Bailey family, relatives of Douglass who remained on ...

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 169 years ...

SUMMERS: Three years ago, NPR asked some of Frederick Douglass' descendants to read excerpts of that speech. And on this Fourth of July, we are again revisiting those words from 1852. (SOUNDBITE ...

CHANG: Two years ago, NPR asked some of Frederick Douglass' descendants to read excerpts of that speech - one that still troubles the conscience of America. And today we thought we would revisit ...