Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) Frederick Douglass moved to Rochester in 1847. He was a leader in the abolitionist movement looking to ...

Nationally acclaimed Frederick Douglass impersonator to deliver powerful "Self-Made-Man Speech" at the Newtown Theatre.

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans, ...

Frederick Douglass re-enactor Darius Wallace on Saturday delivered a speech at the Historic Lehigh County Courthouse, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870. See photos below. Scholar and historical re ...

At a time when anti-literacy laws prevented the vast majority of enslaved people from reading, a group of free Black New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the leading abolitionists in America. Bettmann/Getty Images Though Frederick ...

HISTORY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS WERE SAFE PLACES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE DIDN’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU WERE. YOU COULD GET A JOB ON A WHALING SHIP. THE WHALING CITY ...

On the occasion of the month of his birth in 1818 (the exact day is not known), let’s follow Frederick Douglass in New York City. As a young man, Douglass escaped from slavery in Maryland, and his ...

Karen Spilka, president of the Massachusetts Senate, front right, embraces Noelle Trent, President and CEO of the Museum of African American History, behind center, as L'Merchie Frazier, member of the ...

“If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and ...

Activist and writer Shaun King announced Thursday that he is bringing back Frederick Douglass' 19th-century abolitionist newspaper — with the blessing of Douglass' family. The North Star, started by ...

BOSTON — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the ...