Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the leading abolitionists in America. Bettmann/Getty Images
by Christine Kinealy, Quinnipiac University
Though Frederick Douglass remains the most...
The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.
− an art historian explains
by Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross
The striking Emancipation Memorial statue in...
by Adam Gustafson, Penn State
In 1851, a concert soprano named Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield embarked on a national tour that upended America’s music scene.
In antebellum...
by Viola Franziska Müller, University of Bonn
For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression.
Yet, the story is incomplete.
What...
by Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago
Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his...
by Mike Jones
Last month, Congress adjourned for its August recess, specifically the U.S. House of Representatives. They left town without extending, or even speaking...
Week of February 20-26
February 20
1895—The great Black leader Frederick Douglass dies at 78 in Washington, D.C. Douglass was the foremost Black abolitionist struggling to...
