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A space at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is now dedicated to celebrating the airport's ...
Public officials are set to unveil the new Frederick Douglass Observatory at the Rochester airport on Tuesday.
The Frederick Douglass Airfield Observatory was revealed at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport on Tuesday afternoon. The observation deck at ...
Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said the millions of travelers who pass through the airport each year will be able to pause and reflect on Douglass' life and work.
The Westhampton Public Library will hold Lounging for Literacy II on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., an event they describe ...
Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. ... The Atlantic, Sept. 13, 2013: From an article titled, "Color Blindness Is Counterproductive": ...
Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was a Black man who came into the world enslaved in Talbot County, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, around February 1818.
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.
A bust of the famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber. It is the first bust to be added there in more than 125 years.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, in a recent public address, referred to his Louis and his attempts to get employment at Rochester in the following touching terms: ... It was his color in Denver, ...
Frederick Douglass: “When an unknown man is spoken of in their presence, the first question that arises in the average American mind concerning him and which must be answered is, Of what color ...
Forbes, September 28, 2022: "Color-Blindness Perpetuates Structural Racism" by Maia Niguel Hoskin. Frederick Douglass: "Races, like individuals, must stand or fall by their own merits." ...