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Among the Black figures who changed history in America, Frederick Douglass emerged as a beacon of defiance and intellect.
Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...
It was an assertion of hard-won personal sovereignty: Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was ...
Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist ... that looked like prejudice against me, on account of the color of my skin – contrasted so strongly with my long and bitter ...
The son of an enslaved mother and white father he never knew, Frederick Douglass lived with his grandmother on a Maryland plantation until age eight. He later worked as a house servant ...
Through May 4, the acclaimed actor and writer is performing a too-short limited OKC engagement of his long-running show about ...
Frederick Douglass High School Baseball Coach Braden Johnson says he’s “not an emotional guy.” But something Mike Perrine said this week got to him. Perrine, whose younger brother Matthew ...
The one-man show 'Frederick Douglass Now' will play May 1-4 at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center's Te Ata Theater as part of OKC Rep's 2024-2025 season.
To learn more about one of the region's most famous former slaves, visit the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the district's Anacostia neighborhood. At this historical site ...
Jun 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Updated Oct 6, 2024 MANCHESTER — Eleven reverent souls stood in City Hall Plaza on Saturday, reading a keynote address given by Frederick Douglass, a famous African ...
Federal rail officials haven’t made any final decisions to hire Boring, or launch bidding for any cost-cutting contract for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel. The Transportation Department and ...