LAWRENCE, KANSAS — The late 18th to the mid-19th century was the golden age of public speaking. Part education, part entertainment, being a good orator was critical — particularly in certain social ...

Frederick Douglass made his first visit to Syracuse on July 30, 1843. Just short of five years since he escaped his enslavement in Baltimore, Maryland, Douglass was a rising star in the burgeoning ...

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 ...