The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

For the first time, a press gallery on Capitol Hill is named after a journalist: the abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday named its press gallery after Frederick Douglass, 150 years after ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) Frederick Douglass moved to Rochester in 1847. He was a leader in the abolitionist movement looking to ...

At a Black History Month event recently, President Trump seemed to suggest that Frederick Douglass is still alive: He's "done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more," Trump said. If he ...

On Sept. 3, 1838, abolitionist, journalist, author, and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass made his dramatic escape from slavery — traveling north by train and boat — from Baltimore, through ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old when he ...

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 ...

BOSTON — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For two years in a row, during the month of February, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass. Last year, the reason was clear.

Frederick Douglass busied himself with work Feb. 20, 1895, attending a women’s suffrage meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C. That evening he enjoyed a quiet meal ...

Lucas E. Morel compares and contrasts the political theories of Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther Lucas E. Morel, will discuss two significant figures in American history: Frederick Douglas and Dr.