Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of the… ...

In celebration of Juneteenth, the Museum of Modern Art is honoring civil rights leader, Frederick Douglass, with an exhibit 'Lessons of the Hour.' ...

Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled ...

Rochester, N.Y. — People gathered Sunday at Highland Park for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza. Sunday marked 125 years since the first monument honoring an ...

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 ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old ...