And yet there is even more to know about Frederick Douglass’ remarkable story than the facts we learn in school. Here are a few things that might surprise you about this pioneering historic figure as ...

Douglass was born into slavery with the name Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, but he later escaped and changed his name to the one listed throughout history books. Here are seven facts about ...

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 ...

5. A church in Elmira, N.Y., was named for him.. Frederick Douglass AME Zion Church in Elmira, N.Y., was named for the abolitionist. Its website notes that the church was inspired by an 1840 anti ...

In the PragerU Kids video on Douglass, the series’ protagonists, a young, white, time-traveling brother and sister duo, Leo and Layla, are confused as they watch news reports of contemporary ...

Kevin Douglass Greene, the great, great grandson of legendary 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass, is in Philadelphia to teach kids about the importance of literacy and education.

After the egg hunt, games and crafts were offered at the house in which Frederick Douglass lived from 1878 until his death in 1895. ... a park ranger offered the kids a quick history lesson.

From enslavement to freedom: Douglass’s early life American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

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 ...