The Friends of Frederick Douglass and community members honored the 126th anniversary of the Frederick Douglass Monument’s ...

People gathered on Monday at Highland Park for the 126th commemoration of the Frederick Douglass Monument and wreath laying.

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

The town is actively seeking readers to participate in the “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” event on July 2 from 5-7 p.m ...

Last week, I wrote a post about the speech Frederick Douglass delivered at the unveiling of the D.C.’s Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedmen’s Memorial, dedicated to Abraham ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

Rochester, N.Y. — People gathered Sunday at Highland Park for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza. Sunday marked 125 years since the first monument honoring an ...

The new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge will open to traffic in early September, D.C. transportation officials said Tuesday. The iconic bridge that has been rising over the Anacostia River is ...

It is home to the Frederick Douglass Monument, unveiled in 1899, the first statue ever dedicated to a Black American. “Douglass left an enduring legacy that Rochester has embraced,” said ...

WASHINGTON — The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge has reopened after an abortion-rights activist scaled the bridge amid the much-anticipated decision from the Supreme Court, according to ...

She also served as a trustee of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. She is buried in Highland Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. About Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was an ...