Impatient drivers are causing new traffic problems on a highway that was closed for 2 years. PennDOT hopes a ‘unique’ sign ...

Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the nation’s most influential leaders. Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American ...

LANSING, Mich. — Wednesday is National Frederick Douglass Day, celebrating a former slave who became a well known abolitionist, activist, author and speaker. At Michigan State University, they’re ...

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- In celebration of Juneteenth, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is honoring civil rights leader, Frederick Douglass, with a stunning, immersive exhibit. The exhibit is ...

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 ...

Issues of three newspapers Douglass edited are available digitally. Fredrick Douglass is known as a preeminent abolitionist, speaker and author, but he also had the title of newspaper editor. Now, ...

Into the Allentown courtroom where abolitionist Frederick Douglass spoke to a capacity crowd 155 years ago stepped his ...

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 when he ...

In mid-19th-century America, when public speaking was a form of mass entertainment, Frederick Douglass was a rock star. Standing-room-only crowds greeted him in the US and in Europe. People wept as he ...

Most Americans who know of Frederick Douglass know that he lived to see the destruction of chattel slavery and the liberation of Black Americans from the despotism of human bondage. Less well known is ...

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, ...