Then, leaders in the party refuse to say the Civil War is about slavery ... “Black Republicans like Frederick Douglass helped to build the Republican Party. Douglass is rolling in his ...
37 —Abraham Lincoln The Civil War ... was that this war would either cut the country in two or see it become entirely free. Black Americans knew this. Frederick Douglass saw that they ...
Frederick Douglass shared a similarly critical vision of the state of US affairs concerning slavery and the war to defeat its interests. Like many others, North and South, Douglass discerned something ...
Honoring Frederick Douglass ... according to a town document. During the Civil War, two of Douglass' sons served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, according to NPS. Douglass spoke with House ...
This chapter shifts the focus to consider the work of Frederick Douglass and other Black activists in contesting the racist president Andrew Johnson and applying pressure to the Republicans to bring ...
After the debate ... A few important points jump out here. First, Douglass twice refers to the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as "protecting the rights and liberties" of citizens.
The Frederick Douglass statues are back!The City of Rochester revealed several of the refurbished statues Wednesday. They ...
ROCHESTER — An "unapologetically Black" experience is exactly what the estimated 6,500 fans witnessed at the Frederick ...
This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This ...
Corbin Redhounds have lost a regular season game. The Redhounds saw their 40-game regular season win streak come to an end ...
Junior Keandre Thompson had five tackles and 2 ½ sacks. Frederick Douglass, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A, beat defending Class 5A champion Bowling Green 35-13 on Saturday. Sophomore Dakari Talbert ...
The statues were originally created for the city's 2018 “Year of Douglass” celebration. By 2023, the city said they'd already ...