How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...

The great abolitionist’s 1852 speech lauded the Founding Fathers while denouncing the horrors of slavery. It deserves to be ...

"Bringing this new legacy to one of our region's most visible traveled spaces will help us to honor Douglass' legacy and ...

Walden is the great, great, great niece of Frederick Douglass, the famed abolitionist, statesman, and orator who learned how to read and write then escaped bondage to become a civil rights visionary.

A first edition copy of the memoir and antislavery book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself. The hardcover book has a brown cover with an imprinted ...

Civil rights leader Frederick Douglass’s Washington estate was in Anacostia, but one of the important moments of his life, his wedding to Helen Pitts, took place on the other side of the city ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new initiative, The “Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives,” aims to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass in Rochester. The “Frederick Douglass Family ...

The Frederick Douglass High School baseball team in Lexington, KY, is grieving the loss of Matthew Perrine, who died in a collision on Bryan Station Road.

Author Sidney Morrison captivated a diverse audience at a recent speaking engagement at the Cleveland Public Library, shedding light on Douglass’s life through historical fiction, writes ...

Frederick Douglass defeated Bowling Green and Boyle County beat Lexington Christian in high school football’s season-opening Rafferty’s Bowl.