The American Library Association has proclaimed Sept. 22-28 Banned Books Week to draw attention to the issue. In honor of the occasion, Random House imprint One World is hosting “Free Your Mind,” an ...

Her lecture, inspired by the quote from Wendell Phillips in the 1845 introduction to Frederick Douglass’s first autobiography, “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American ...

Despite apprehensions that the information might endanger his freedom, in 1845 Douglass published his autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." Three years ...

This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This ...

On this Democracy Day, I want to highlight the VFW’s annual high school contest by sharing with you Indiana’s top three ...

Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn ...

Atlanta Vintage Books is known for its selection of gently used, vintage and collectible books. But each year when Banned Books Week rolls around, the team at the Brookhaven bookstore goes on a ...

Forty-six percent of Americans did not know the Constitution’s purpose was to create a federal government, and 26 percent incorrectly believed it was written to declare independence from England.

Douglass lived in Lynn from 1841 to 1847 on Harrison Court, Baldwin Street, and Newhall Street. His book “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” was written in Lynn. Emily is The Item's ...

By John Koblin and Benjamin Mullin A new documentary about Frederick Douglass debuts on HBO ... players compete for prize money. But the narrative of “The Sims Spark’d” emerges from how ...