How one of the Constitution’s earliest critics used the founding language — and silences — to fight for freedom.

And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...

Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had travelled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time, Douglass ...

Frederick Douglass delivered his most famous and powerful speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on July 5, 1852.

Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for justice and equality.

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was a Black man who came into the world enslaved in Talbot County, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, around February 1818.

EASTON — Exactly 130 years after Frederick Douglass’ death, the Talbot County-born abolitionist and civil rights leader was honored for his lasting impact on freedom, equality and education.

Students at Frederick Douglass Elementary School received books and other materials in a memorial event for a former kindergarten teacher at their school. Kamyia Fletcher grew up with a fierce ...

One person is dead and several others were injured in a crash involving two vehicles on Bryan Station Road on Saturday, according to the Lexington Police Department.

The latest victim of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders appears to be Frederick Douglass. Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and ...

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in February 1818. This means that Douglass was only thirty-four years old ...