African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...

Henry Brown escapes slavery by mailing himself in a small wooden box to a free state. But that’s less than half his story. In ...

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

Anthony and Frederick Douglass, shaped the country’s Constitution ... Agitators,” a historical drama that traverses around 45 years of their lives, from 1849 to 1895. Produced by The Pear Theatre, the ...

When she finally fled from Maryland in 1849, she walked about 90 miles before reaching ... including Martha Coffin Wright, Thomas Garrett, and Frederick Douglass. They set up a network of routes and ...

This monument honors abolitionist, writer, orator, and publisher Frederick Douglass. It stands at the gateway to Harlem ... She was born into enslavement and escaped in 1849 via the Underground ...

For Black History Month, a family member of a prominent figure in history was at the Springfield Museum of History.

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

Morrison’s “Beloved” and Douglass’s “My Bondage and My Freedom” have been added back to the HUM syllabus this spring, as ...

Officials at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport have announced additions to their list of nonstop flight destinations. Starting in February 2025, Southwest Airlines ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...