The black leather Hermès handbag made some forty years ago for the late singer and actress Jane Birkin was sold in a bidding ...

The Paris Public Library added the following books to its collection during the month of June, 2025. For more information or to reserve a title, please call the Paris Public Library at 743-6994 or ...

Frederick Douglass used the words of Psalm 137 in his famous speech, ‘What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?’ For centuries, ...

In his own words, Douglas reveals the back story behind the 1975 hit film.

Frederick Douglass gave a passionate speech seeking to rouse the conscience of America in the face of slavery. Despite much ...

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

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

Adams, and the reversal of progress for Black women in the military and media, are part of a larger pattern of erasing Black ...

Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...

Generation Verb, a spoken word scholastic program that uses poetry, prose, and performance to encourage self-expression, ...

Over 200 years after Frederick Douglass questioned “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” in an act of resistance to Independence Day, Black Americans are still grappling with how to celebrate ...

The power of Douglass’s words is so resonant that even now the 1852 speech gets recited in public settings, which is what will happen in 16 New Hampshire locations at noon on Saturday, June 28.