There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

February is not only Black History Month. It’s also the birthday of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and his Eastern ...

Here's what Frederick Douglass said during a visit to Elmira, which drew people from everywhere within a hundred miles.

Consider visiting some of these sites to mark Black History Month or keep them in mind to travel to when the weather is ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At first glance it ...

Douglass, who spoke in Salem in 1852 and 1869, urged Americans to fight for justice. At the Quaker Friends Meeting House, he ...

In recognition of Black History Month, Mansfield/ (MRCPL announces the Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality exhibit on ...

For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story is incomplete. What is far less known is that the majority of enslaved ...

McCaskill's lecture will focus on Craft, who achieved notoriety after she and her husband, William, escaped from slavery in Georgia in 1848. As part of their escape plan, Ellen had successfully posed ...

INSKEEP: Yeah. Uh, Frederick Douglass, who of course had escaped from slavery and was a great activist, wrote very early in the war that, "War for the preservation of slavery must be met with war ...

In an earlier interview, Sunil had once shared how Charles managed to escape from Tihar on a Sunday in March of 1986. Sunil’s narration made it sound like the prison officials trusted Charles to ...