Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Frederick Douglass became the most influential African American of the nineteenth century by turning his life into a ...

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 169 years ago.

Kenneth B Morris Junior, a direct descendant of Douglass, will spend five days in Scotland, visiting locations important to ...

After Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery at the age of 20, he became one of the most famous Black men in the country. His fame also grew around his writing, words and speeches that he gave in a ...

Last week, actor Danny Glover took center stage as the keynote speaker at Quinnipiac University’s Black History Month event to “explore the similarities of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and its early ...

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 the ...

Frederick Douglass — the black 19th century journalist, dedicated feminist, and radical activist — might not be the most obvious cultural touchstone for President Donald Trump. And yet the president ...

Frederick Douglass in Five Speeches premieres on Feb. 23 on HBO Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV News team. Upon joining the brand in March 2021, she has had the opportunity to interview ...

Talbot County will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States with the dedication of a Liberty Tree at Frederick ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had traveled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time, Douglass ...