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

Historian David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Frederick Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. "Seeing and ...

Dixon line, he had achieved his escape from enslavement. But the first years of his freedom were marked by fear, isolation ...

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 ...

You might remember a few years back when I wrote about David Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.” It’s brilliant, by the way. The definitive biography ...

BALTIMORE — Did you know that civil rights leader Frederick Douglass spent much of his life right here in Baltimore? Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, ...

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. In recognition of Black History Month, The Heritage Foundation and The Douglass Leadership Institute are looking back at the life and legacy of one of the most renowned Black ...

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 ...

When Frederick Douglass’ slave mistress began teaching him to read, she changed Douglass’ life. When the slave master forced her to stop those lessons, he changed history. That was the moment the ...

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 ...

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A leader in the abolitionist movement, Frederick Douglass gave one commencement speech in his life. That was in Hudson, where students are bringing it to life again.