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In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders agree that there’s no glory to be found in this legislation. They have ...
Duke Ellington’s birth certificate, Frederick Douglass’s will, and other documents in the DC archives are in a building that once was a stable.
In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders ...
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in ...
A statue of Frederick Douglass made by artist Olivia Kim stands at the center of an exhibit honoring the abolitionist.
A space at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is now dedicated to celebrating the airport's namesake.
The Frederick Douglass Airfield Observatory was revealed at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
Douglass spoke on the Grafton Common in 1842, advocating for the abolition of slavery after being denied access to local venues. He returned in 1874. The July 5 event, titled "Reading Frederick ...
The event is free. Frederick Douglass gave speeches in several places in Peterboro, but his speech in Rochester NY at Corinthian Hall on July 5, 1852 is, perhaps his most famous.