Today is Juneteenth. The most recently recognized federal holiday (formalized in 2021 as Juneteenth National Independence Day), Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of enslaved people in Texas at the end ...

For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear. My family knows I love ― like, really love ― February, because it is ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Advocates stood on the grounds of Historic Northampton to look back at history. For at least 129 years, slavery was part of the fabric of everyday life in Northampton.

The Quakers were the first religious group to ally themselves to the abolitionist cause, and played a role in securing the freedom of Frederick Douglass. Some among them believed that buying an ...

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, ...

At a time when it feels like the president, Congress, and the judicial branches of government have collectively declared war on Black and brown America — actively reversing or dismantling civil rights ...

circa 1879: American journalist, author, former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (circa 1818 - 1895). The battle over birthright citizenship rages on. On Sept. 26, the Trump Administration ...

The original Frederick Douglass Community Center was built in 1945. The city of Champaign relinquished functions of its playground and recreation board to the park district in 1967. The park district ...

Douglass Week will take place Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 in Massachusetts. The event will celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass and his family, according to a community announcement. The week will ...