Frederick Douglass was born into slavery, so he never knew the exact date of his birth, only that it occurred sometime in ...

From a new HBO documentary 'Frederick Douglass in Five Speeches,' actor Jeffrey Wright performs Douglas's 1894 speech 'Lessons of the Hour' ...

The five young descendants reflect on how Frederick Douglass' speech is still relevant in today's culture rooted with systemic racism As Americans around the nation mark the Fourth of July, people ...

The Speech That Launched Frederick Douglass’s Life as an Abolitionist. 9 minute read. A portrait of Frederick Douglass VCG Wilson/Corbis/Getty Images. By Linda Hirshman. February 16, ...

*Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 169 ...

In preparation for Independence Day, some of us ritualistically reread Frederick Douglass’s greatest speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” That speech, which Douglass delivered ...

Two years before Douglass' famed speech, the U.S. government passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners. For decades, slaves fled the South ...

Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech on liberty 05:02. It is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history, delivered at a Rochester, N.Y. Independence Day event in 1852 by abolitionist ...

After Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery at the age of 20, he became one of the most famous Black men in the country. His fame also grew around his writing, words and speeches that he gave in ...

Frederick Douglass in a sixth-plate daguerreotype, circa 1850. A new exhibit shows how the abolitionist crafted his image. (Mark Gulezian/National Portrait Gallery) ...

“Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches,” a documentary examining the life and work of the activist and speaker through his words, will air on HBO Wednesday Feb. 23, from 9-10 p.m. ET and PT.