What was American slavery actually like? I trust scholars and actual slaves for the truth. Frederick Douglass wrote three autobiographies that are easily available for anyone. How was he able to beat ...

Public officials are set to unveil the new Frederick Douglass Observatory at the Rochester airport on Tuesday.

Follow along with Inquirer education reporter Kristen A. Graham, reporting from the monthly Philly school board meeting.

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.

This Sunday you’ll get the picture. Capturing Life (1839-1869), the fascinating film documenting Cincinnati’s role in developing photography before the Civil War, will premiere 4:30 p.m ...

In 2016, the artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien was invited to participate in Reflections on Place, a media arts initiative at the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery, to celebrate the ...

Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, son of Harriet Bailey. Both were enslaved in Maryland on a plantation owned by Edward Lloyd, according to Frederick Douglass Heritage.He broke ...

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 lived the last 17 years of his life in the Southeast D.C. home located at 1411 W St. SE, ... Photographer Gabriel Craft sent a statement to the AFRO about his experience, ...

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery examines how Frederick Douglass carefully crafted his image with speeches, writing and photographs.