On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece ...

WINCHESTER — The Douglas Alumni Association has been sponsoring reunions of former Douglas School students for years, but the ...

Douglass delivered his speech amid profound national divisions. At stake was the stark contradiction between America’s stated ...

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His fame would soon grow with the publication, in 1845, of his first autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Written by Himself.” ...

BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the ...

A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of a Black American to be permanently added to the Massachusetts State ...

BOSTON (AP) — A bust of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber on Wednesday, the first bust of an African American to be permanently added to the… ...

Wednesday is National Frederick Douglass Day, celebrating a former slave who became a well known abolitionist, activist, author and speaker.

NEW BEDFORD — Join the New Bedford Historical Society for its 21st annual Frederick Douglass Read-a-Thon, to celebrate the life and legacy of one of New Bedford’s great men.