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 ...

Frederick Douglass, whose seven-foot bronze statue was unveiled June 19 at the U.S. Capitol, is known as the father of the civil rights movement. But the 19th-century abolitionist and former slave was ...

When a 7-foot bronze statue of 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass is unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the event will honor a figure whose political legacy looms large but whose ...

Frederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible subject for biographers because all of the nation's difficult, miraculous, unresolved creation myths seem to collapse into the single story of his ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. At a breakfast to kick off African-American History Month a few weeks ago, ...

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The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

At a time when it feels like the president, Congress, and the judicial branches of government have collectively declared war on Black and brown America — actively reversing or dismantling civil rights ...