The great abolitionist’s 1852 speech lauded the Founding Fathers while denouncing the horrors of slavery. It deserves to be ...

Residents gather in Springfield to read Frederick Douglass' famous speech ...

“Today you reap the fruits of their success,” Douglass told his audience. “The freedom gained is yours, and you, therefore, ...

Frederick Douglass delivered his most famous and powerful speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on July 5, 1852.

ArtsConnect hosts a community reading of Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro" speech.

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 ...

In 1871, abolitionist Frederick Douglass feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus — enslavement — when he gave a Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.

"Douglass wrote that democracy is not a set-and-done thing," West Stockbridge Historical Society President Bob Salerno told ...

More than just the famous In-N-Out have secret menus. The fourth annual 'Smile Like Jack Run and Walk' is taking place ...

Memorial Day weekend in Central Florida will offer events to honor veterans and military personnel who died in service of their country.

A tournament with some of the best pickleball players nationally is heating up at Belknap Park. (July 11, 2025) ...

A video of Ms. McGrath energetically introducing the speech brought smiles to all in attendance, and brought new depth to the words of Frederick Douglass, read once again by community members as a ...