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

Kevin Douglass Green, the great, great grandson of Frederick Douglass, is spending the week visiting Black-owned businesses ...

Several milestones are being celebrated this month by descendants of important Black figures from Maryland who helped shape ...

It started with the birthday celebrations of two prominent leaders.

Inspire kids to learn about the contributions of Black people not just during Black History Month, but all year long.

He puts on his frock coat, straightens the gold chain of the pocket watch tucked into his suit vest and morphs into character, becoming a living embodiment of the American abolitionist Frederick ...

Every morning, before students walk through the doors of Frederick A. Douglass High School, assistant principal JaMarcus Welch leads staff through a recital of the “Bobcat identity.” “Bobcats are the ...

Over three years, the U.S. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee sifted through hundreds of ideas for commemorative coins to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. The group settled on ...

Rochester fans of Frederick Douglass might have been rooting for him to be on the new quarter — as was planned by the U.S. Treasury, but the Trump administration has changed plans. The ...

Into the Allentown courtroom where abolitionist Frederick Douglass spoke to a capacity crowd 155 years ago stepped his contemporary doppelganger, a scholar and reenactor named Darius Wallace who ...

Frederick Douglass re-enactor Darius Wallace on Saturday delivered a speech at the Historic Lehigh County Courthouse, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870. See photos below. Scholar and historical re ...