"Many Black figures, even including Frederick Douglass, took seriously the idea ... to New York City from a voyage to Cuba as a cabin boy, Henry Highland Garnet — then just 13 — learned ...

Local author Jolene McDonald stopped by at the library recently to read her book, “I Will Not Go To Sleep Tonight!” McDonald, who lives in Litchfield, wrote this sweet book, which was illustrated ...

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

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.

Nurredin said her niece was a blessing to everyone she met. Sisters from her Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta ...

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

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

The Princeton University community is marking Black History Month in a range of events this February as well as through educational programs and resources that are available year-round. Many of the ...

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

My most unforgettable brush with greatness was … I don’t think I’ve met anyone famous. The closest experience I can think of ...