It turns out Frederick Douglass had this idea first. “There is room in Lincoln park [sic] for another monument,” he urged in a letter published ... that the Emancipation statue would empower ...

A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move from the atrium of a government office building to Capitol Hill’s Emancipation ...

A debate over the statue of Lincoln and ... two history professors to discover Frederick Douglass' letter, which could sway some opinions on the matter. The Emancipation Memorial in Washington ...

The removal of Confederate monuments across the country has prompted debates about other statues ... a point Douglass made both in the letter and in the address he gave at the Emancipation ...

This is in response to the Letter To The Editor by Tommy White published ... In his references to the toppling of a Frederick Douglass statue in Rochester, Mr. Freind is not speaking for the ...

So believed Frederick Douglass, an American slave ... Douglass’s view on monuments. In an 1876 letter to the editor about the Emancipation Statue in Lincoln Park, Douglass observed, “Perhaps ...

The striking Emancipation Memorial statue ... Frederick Douglass gave the keynote address, omitting reference to the monument’s imagery. Five days later, he critiqued the design in a letter ...

a long-forgotten letter showing how Frederick Douglass really felt about a statue of Abraham Lincoln and a slave. Messrs. Sandage and White are history professors who have been on opposite sides ...

Local historian Dr. Crystal Reynolds, who generously allowed us to partner in her Frederick Douglass projects, has been steadfast in sharing her years of research and insights, inspiring us by her ...