Frederick Douglass and the history of Black representation in photography honored in new Wadsworth exhibit Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

Just in terms of his fame and popularity, Douglass was like the LeBron James of his day,” he says. Douglass’s significance “is in a combination of the popularity, the accuracy and detail of a ...

Frederick Douglass’s lasting impact and modern relevance. ... Douglass used photography as a weapon against caricatures, sitting for 160 portraits that dared viewers to deny his humanity.

George Kendall Warren, “Frederick Douglass” (1879), albumen print on Cabinet Card at The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, Hartford, Connecticut (image courtesy the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum ...

Frederick Douglass’s lasting impact and modern relevance. ... Douglass used photography as a weapon against caricatures, sitting for 160 portraits that dared viewers to deny his humanity.

“One Life: Frederick Douglass,” a new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, explores the life and legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential global writers, ...

The documentary “explores how Douglass controlled his own image and narrative, embracing photography as a tool for social justice, and the role he played in securing the right to freedom and ...

Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures' descendants. ... Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave, author, orator and social reformer.

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey later changed his name to Frederick Douglass to elude capture. He escaped bondage, arriving in Newport in 1838. Historian Lee Blake explains why he could not ...

A 10-screen film installation on abolitionist Frederick Douglass is available for public viewing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts beginning Saturday.