Frederick Douglass

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November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move…
September 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a bill that will send a statue of legendary abolitionist leader…
July 5, 2012
SLIDESHOW - What might July 4 look like if Twitter had existed back to the early days of the Republic?
June 18, 2012
The most recent bill approved by the Senate panel this week would allow Washington D.C. to build a statue of…
March 6, 2012
VIDEO - In her essay, which was written for a contest, Williams reflected on what Douglass heard his slave master,…
March 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in 1857 that blacks -- enslaved or…
February 22, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…
February 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the 203rd anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth (he was born February 12, 1809), Professor Blair L.M.…
February 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A nationwide pro-atheist campaign launched to coincide with Black History Month has some African-Americans reaffirming their spiritual…
December 2, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - In case you've forgotten, slavery continues to thrive throughout the world- mainly in the form of human…
November 28, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient…
July 2, 2011
OPINION - As with every war, including the ones currently being waged, African-Americans have served this nation nobly...
July 1, 2011
SLIDESHOW - With the upcoming celebration of Independence Day, there are activists who paved the way for our independence as…
June 16, 2011
EASTON, Md. (AP) - Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is finally getting a homecoming celebration in his native Maryland county with a…
April 20, 2011
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) - The museum will display rare books and documents connected with civil rights icons like Frederick…
February 25, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Muhammad Ali became heavyweight champion, Milli Vanilli won a Grammy and Malcolm X died; this is an incredibly…
February 23, 2011
SLIDESHOW - How much did you really retain from elementary school about the origins of Black History Month?...
February 22, 2011
VIDEO - "I was really excited cause it's my local history, and my history," 6th grader Tyler Hamler said...
February 14, 2011
BALTIMORE (AP) - The greenhouse on the slave plantation where Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood is filled with…
July 4, 2010
OPINION - A new effort is underway to draw attention to previously obscure but nonetheless pivotal black figures that have…