This year’s Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor,” focusing on the ways work impacts “the collective experiences of Black people,” according to the Association for the Study of ...

When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for Frederick Douglass on Saturday, it felt personal.

On February 6, 2025, a statue of Frederick Douglass was unveiled at the Hall of Justice in Rochester. Positioned in the ...

By Bilal G. Morris, article courtesy of newsone.com “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man” – Frederick Douglass.  […] ...

Exactly 130 years after Frederick Douglass’ death, the Talbot County-born abolitionist and civil rights leader was honored ...

The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...

Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to ...

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 ...

Middletown, Connecticut has taken another step towards reckoning with it's slavery past. For the first time ever, the town ...

A celebration of Frederick Douglass comes as many worry Trump will turn back the clock on diversity and inclusion ...

UTA professor Letora Anderson applies personal experience to revitalize communities and guide future landscape architects ...

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this month. Lincoln’s birthday was Feb. 12, and Douglass, born a slave, didn’t ...