FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Prophet of Freedom. By David W. Blight. Simon & Schuster. 764 pages. $37.50. It was nothing short of genius to place a large photograph of Frederick Douglass in his prime on the ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT This hourlong film about 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass is based on David W. Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 biography and produced by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Along ...

The show, which opened the weekend of Juneteenth, centers on Douglass’s obsession with photography. Often called the most photographed American of the 19th century, Douglass had an acute understanding ...

Time has a way of sanding off the rough edges of historical memory, turning even the most convulsive, contentious lives into opportunities for national triumphalism and self-congratulation. With ...

The public is invited to join members of the African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon, June 21, in an online presentation and discussion of an award-winning ...

NEW HAVEN — It’s a good year to think about Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became the most famous African-American of his time, and who never ceased to hold hope for his country despite ...

A new book might just help with the post-holiday blues, no? Here are six freshly released paperbacks, all highly recommended. “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David W. Blight (Simon & ...

An escaped slave, Frederick Douglass wrote three autobiographies in his lifetime. His “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” was an eloquent retelling of his harrowing tale and made for a vital ...

David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Originally broadcast in 2018.

Yale has acquired a renowned private collection relating to the abolitionist and orator, including rarely seen family scrapbooks that offer a window onto his complicated private life. By Jennifer ...

The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement. By Dan ...

The Mint abandoned civil rights concepts for the semi-quincentennial coins, favoring traditional patriotic symbols.