But what did Trump say about Frederick Douglass that rubbed many people the wrong way? His statement, overall, was disappointing for more reasons than one.

Does Donald Trump actually know who Frederick Douglass was? The president mentioned the great abolitionist, former slave, and suffrage campaigner during a Black History Month event Wednesday ...

Does the president know that Frederick Douglass is dead? That’s been a question churning on social media and among African American activists, experts, and thinkers since President Trump’s ...

Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump: Faint hope endures this Fourth of July The former slave imagined a better America than this. Too many white people want to go backward: But there's hope ...

Frederick Douglass was up to pretty big things on Wednesday — at least on social media, after President Trump made a statement suggesting that he might think the famed abolitionist is still alive.

Donald Trump, at a breakfast with African-American supporters marking the start of African-American History Month, described famed 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass as "an example of ...

President Donald Trump is being criticized by Twitter users for how he referred to famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass during a Black History Month event on Wednesday.

The world may never know whether President Donald Trump just got a little sloppy with his verb tenses on Wednesday morning or simply had no idea that the famous black abolitionist Frederick ...

During a listening session at the White House to honor Black History Month on Wednesday, President Donald Trump praised Frederick Douglass, who died in 1895, as “somebody who’s done an amazing ...

Frederick Douglass died in 1895. Does Donald Trump think he's alive in 2017?

During his meeting for Black History Month, President Trump seemed to suggest that Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist who died in 1895, was still alive. On Wednesday, Donald Trump hosted what was ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill into law setting up a commission to honor the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth next year.