Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...

Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...

And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

Frederick Douglass asked a burning question in front of hundreds of abolitionists in Rochester, New York: “What to the Slave ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, marked by the Continental Congress’s ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, marked by the Continental Congress’s adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

"Bringing this new legacy to one of our region's most visible traveled spaces will help us to honor Douglass' legacy and ...

The Frederick Douglass Honor Society will hold its annual community reading of Frederick Douglass’s historic address “What to ...

In 1851, he launched his vaunted Senate career when the Free Soil Party cut a deal for his election. His tenure was punctuated by fiery oratory, Brooks’ attack and a subsequent invalidism that failed ...

The acclaimed singer-songwriter traveled through the past and present of American roots music with her own band, the reunited ...

In 1865, the abolition of slavery was formally ratified into law with the 13th Amendment. Frederick Douglass died on Feb. 20, 1895 — around 30 years after seeing his dream of all slaves being freed.

A "new star" is shining in the constellation Lupus thanks to an unexpected stellar explosion within the Milky Way — and it can currently be seen with the naked eye from parts of North America.