In an inspired choice to write a short biography of this fierce defender ... His 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is, as Sandefur says, a classic of American autobiography.

Frederick Douglass continues to be an irresistible ... painting a portrait of Douglass that explains his monumental public achievements as well and his personal charms and shortcomings.

Frederick Douglass’s accomplishments still resonate with many today. Classrooms still feel his influence. His insistence that literacy fuels liberation shapes fights against unequal schools. Literacy, ...

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade discussed his book, The President and the Freedom Fighter, about the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and their accomplishments together.

Frederick Douglass was brilliant ... This version of Douglass doesn’t inform the time travelers about his accomplishments or the things he survived but rather states that every society had ...

While the story of the civil rights was one filled with so much strife for African Americans, the walking tour focused on the positive experiences and achievements Frederick Douglass had despite ...

Blight himself is a man of words as the author or editor of a dozen books, including Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, a biography that has won nine book awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. He ...

Gates ticked off Douglass’ achievements ... “And he was. “But Frederick Douglass knew the goal was to establish the subjectivity of the Black man, who’d been seen as an object.

In 1877, Frederick Douglass spoke with Captain Thomas Auld ... ensure that this would be “a day to reflect on his life and achievements would garner ‘respect of the race,’ ‘stir young ...

In 1852 Frederick Douglass delivered what may ... As David Blight notes in his biography of Douglass, the orator’s language underwent a change from 1852 to 1862. A decade prior, Douglass ...