On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece ...

Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, statesman and key leader in the abolitionist movement. After his escape to freedom as an adult, Douglass in ...

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...

Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Maryland in 1838 then forged a storied career as his era’s pre-eminent champion of emancipation and civil rights. In his long campaign against racial ...

Officials of the Gilder Lehrman Institute presented the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for the best book of the year on the history of slavery. This year's winner, David Blight, is the author of ...

And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

Black History Month always inspires references to Frederick Douglass, but this year, the celebration got off to a strange start with some stilted praise from President Trump. Tuesday, the ...

These books anchor Black literary tradition, their pages proof that a voice once shackled could reshape a nation’s story. ... Frederick Douglass’s lasting impact and modern relevance.

Frederick Douglass, the legendary abolitionist and orator, has long shaped American thought. In this novel, readers get a deeper portrait of a complex man.

Frederick Douglass’ great-great grandson Kevin Greene traveled to Philly on February 15, the day after what would’ve been Douglass’ 206th birthday, to deliver dozens of books to local students and ...