As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, ... His 1845 “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” — raw, unsparing — spread like flame.

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 would continue his active involvement to better the lives of African Americans. He conferred with Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and recruited northern blacks for the ...

Throughout history, the Black voice has never been silent.

In the first episode on Frederick Douglass, we explored his escape from enslavement and the beginnings of his career. Now, we pick up with him as the Civil War brews, at the time of John Brown's ...

Frederick Douglass would continue his active involvement to better the lives of African Americans. He conferred with Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and recruited northern Black people for ...

In the 19th century, Douglass was the most recognized leader fighting for African American civil rights. My niece was amazed ...

Frederick Douglass is woven into the fabric of American history — and my dreams | Opinion Last year, the reason was clear. I was helping my niece with a history project.

Rev. Frederick Douglass Taylor, whose presence in the American Civil Rights movement is critically important, died on the evening of June 21, at Tranquillity Hospice in Austell, Ga. He was 81 ...

From Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman, scroll to read how different individuals who lived during this era were influenced by religion. Abraham Lincoln was raised in his parents' "hard shell ...

Last evening Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLASS addressed a very large and brilliant assemblage in the hall of the Cooper Institute, on the "Mission of the War." ...

For two years in a row, I’ve had dreams about Frederick Douglass during the month of February. Perhaps it's because I'm raising Black history — my son ...