A parade celebrating Frederick Douglass is canceled after Maryland National Guard drops out following Trump administration anti-DEI orders
Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and famed abolitionist after the ...
‘This isn’t a history lesson’: Inside the new musical about Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
The bold stage show '3 Summers of Lincoln' — starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack and Saycon ...
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'3 Summers of Lincoln' brings Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass' story to the stage at La Jolla Playhouse
The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...
In Saratoga lecture, abolitionist Frederick Douglass criticized Quaker minister who said slaves better off than free Blacks
African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...
Frederick Douglass: Civil War to Statesman
In the first episode on Frederick Douglass, we explored his escape from enslavement and the beginnings of his career. Now, we pick up with him as the Civil War brews, at the time of John Brown's Raid ...
Mississippi has rich Black history. See Civil Rights sites, where blues music was born
Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...
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In Saratoga lecture, abolitionist Frederick Douglass criticized Quaker minister who said slaves better off than free Blacks
African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the Civil War era, a conscience of the abolitionist movement and beyond and ...
La Jolla Playhouse’s ‘3 Summers’ to offer more human look at Lincoln, Douglass
The world premiere musical by Joe DiPietro, Daniel J. Watts and Crystal Monee Hall will feature contemporary music and ...
Trump to hold Black History Month celebration amid his administration’s war on DEI
Trump spent that month abolishing decades of diversity efforts throughout the federal government and beyond, removing many ...
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Vermont African American Heritage Trail tells stories of Black history in the state
Famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered impassioned ... to “at least six related families by the end of the Civil War (who) cleared the land, joined the local Baptist church, had home ...
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Trump’s Attack on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Provokes a Grassroots Backlash
to Frederick Douglass, to the role of freed slaves fighting in the Civil War, through the protests in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd. Marc Morial, President of the National ...