LAWRENCE, KANSAS — The late 18th to the mid-19th century was the golden age of public speaking. Part education, part entertainment, being a good orator was critical — particularly in certain social ...
Dixon line, he had achieved his escape from enslavement. But the first years of his freedom were marked by fear, isolation ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Saturday, July 5, ArtsConnect Topeka hosted an event speaking to the conflicted feelings some have around the Fourth of July. The event, hosted at the Brown V. Board of Education ...
Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great grandson of abolitionist, author and social reformer Frederick Douglass, speaking at School of the Future on Thursday, Feb. 15. (Patriciah Hawkins) From Philly and ...
Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled in ...