The Mint abandoned civil rights concepts for the semi-quincentennial coins, favoring traditional patriotic symbols.

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.

Anna Murray Douglass helped Frederick escape from slavery, and continued to support his abolitionist work for the rest of her life. Wikimedia Commons “The story of Frederick Douglass’ hopes and ...

The show, which opened the weekend of Juneteenth, centers on Douglass’s obsession with photography. Often called the most photographed American of the 19th century, Douglass had an acute understanding ...

Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of the 13,000-member Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, who ...

Brian Evans, a direct descendant of abolitionist John Brown, and Kevin Douglas Green, a direct descendant of Frederick Douglass, meet for the first time at Venice Island Performing Arts Center in ...

WORCESTER - Worcester plans to honor the significant role that Frederick Douglass played as a speaker in the city in March. Douglass spoke in various Worcester meeting halls and churches, beginning as ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Frederick Douglass, whose seven-foot bronze statue was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday (June 19), is known as the father of the civil rights movement. But the 19 th-century ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s pastor, a reparations activist who claimed America was “born in political violence," is running as a ...

Travelers going to Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport should expect delays to ramp access due to ...

Douglass and Boyd Anderson will take the court on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with ...