January 28, 2021The post-Civil War years teach us the perils of heeding calls for reconciliation while ignoring those for justice.
July 2, 2020In 1852 Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society to give a speech commemorating the Fourth of July. On July 5, the crowds filling Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, did not get what they expected.
November 10, 2016Building a united front instead of shutting our eyes to reality is the only way to trump the Trump era.
June 19, 2015The more you read about the church, the more awe you feel for its historic resilience amidst white-supremacist terror.
July 2, 2014Before embracing divisive politics, the Republicans had been closely aligned with the cause of civil rights and had been supporters of equal justice.
January 17, 2013Selected excerpts from his third autobiography about Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's second inauguration
February 18, 1994 | Presenting Mr. Frederick DouglassThe great abolitionist Frederick Douglass comes to life in a dramatic performance of his famous speech on slavery and human rights.
