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 ...

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

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 ...

Douglass was photographed more than any other American of his era: 160 distinct images have survived (compared with 126 for Abraham Lincoln). In “Picturing Frederick Douglass,” we see that the ...

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

Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for justice and equality.

A mural depicting Frederick Douglass in a chunky wristwatch, a slim-cut suit and crisp white Converse has divided the town of Easton, Md., in his birth county of Talbot.

This year’s Frederick Douglass reading, hosted by the North Shore Juneteenth Association and sponsored by Mass Humanities, ...

Frederick Douglass’ descendant delivers free memoirs to Philly students Against the backdrop of recent book bans, Kevin Douglass Greene's efforts have been highlighted as a way to help preserve ...

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.’s family treasures have always been American treasures. Morris, 62, is the great-great-great-grandson of abolitionist and orator, Frederick Douglass, and great-great ...

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