Rev. Frederick Douglass Taylor, whose presence in the American Civil Rights movement is critically important, died on the evening of June 21, at Tranquillity Hospice in Austell, Ga. He was 81 ...

A civil rights complaint was filed by a group of Reservoir Hill residents to the U.S. Department of Transportation that alleges Amtrak's proposed Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program will ...

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American abolitionist, social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman who advocated for the abolition of slavery and for civil rights for African Americans.

Governor Wes Moore proclaimed Feb. 20, 2023, as Civil Rights Heroes Day in Maryland. The Moore-Miller administration chose to honor the date of the death of Frederick Douglass, a Maryland-born ...

From enslavement to freedom: Douglass’s early life American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

Beginning with his 1845 autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," Frederick Douglass provided fuel for the abolitionist movement. In 1854, the civil rights leader ...

While the 4th of July marked the independence of some during the early stages of the country's history, many were excluded ...

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- In celebration of Juneteenth, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is honoring civil rights leader, Frederick Douglass, with a stunning, immersive exhibit.

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time, Douglass ...

In his third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, while reflecting on the end of the Civil War, Douglass admitted that “a strange and, perhaps, perverse feeling came over me ...

Douglass is best-known for his role in the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery. But much of his thought is also relevant to contemporary issues. Latest ...