Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of ...

His fake beard uneasily held on by Scotch tape, Angstrom surveys the American throng gathered in patriotic jubilation: ...

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

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said the millions of travelers who pass through the airport each year will be able to ...

Owen D. Corpin will deliver parts of Douglass’ Fifth of July speech on Saturday, July 5 at 2 p.m. at the Peterboro United ...

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

“Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches” premieres Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Watch a trailer for it, via YouTube. More stories like this: ...

TheGrio May 16, 2025 American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) edits a journal at his desk, late 1870s.

The best autobiographies for a new perspective Let’s be honest: We’re all kind of nosy. Fine, call it curious—tomato, tomahto ...

Blight himself is a man of words as the author or editor of a dozen books, including Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, a biography that has won nine book awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. He ...