Frederick DouglassA master of the written and spoken word, Frederick Douglass captivated audiences as soon as he was allowed to express himself freely. Douglass was born into slavery with the name ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of the… ...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of the… ...

Frederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible subject for biographers because all of the nation's difficult, miraculous, unresolved creation myths seem to collapse into the single story of ...

Frederick Douglass, whose seven-foot bronze statue was unveiled June 19 at the U.S. Capitol, is known as the father of the civil rights movement. But the 19th-century abolitionist and former slave ...

Here’s the truth about Frederick Douglass: he was an unapologetic Christian minister and a patriotic American statesman—two distinctions that the left just can’t accept.

Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. is calling for abolitionist and Black writer Frederick Douglass' face to be on a U.S. currency bill.

Many Americans know that Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland in the early 1800s. But here are five things about Frederick Douglass that you probably didn’t know.

Famous documentarian and Harvard historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. says it’s time for Frederick Douglass to appear on the U.S. dollar. Gates, who is also the executive producer behind the ...

Famed Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. is calling for the face of Frederick Douglass to be added to a U.S. dollar bill.