Memorial Day originated as Decoration Day, an occasion to honor the fallen soldiers of the Civil War. Douglass' 1871 speech may be the greatest-ever address associated with this occasion.

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

OPINION The essential insight in Frederick Douglass’s great Independence Day speech The renowned abolitionist rejected the counsels of despair and contempt.

Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...

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

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

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Grafton & Upton and the Grafton Public Library are hosting a public reading on July 5 ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell reflects on Vice President Harris’ concession speech in front of Howard University’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall and says, “Frederick Douglass knew that ...

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

About 40 people gather at the base of the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial on the Boston Common Tuesday to collectively read Frederick Douglass' “What to the American slave is your ...

EASTON — Hundreds of residents from near and far traveled to downtown Easton for the annual Frederick Douglass Day Celebration. There were tents, music, food, speeches, art, activities for kids ...