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

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery examines how Frederick Douglass carefully crafted his image with speeches, writing and photographs.

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 170 years ago.

Douglass is best-known for his role in the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery. But much of his thought is also relevant to contemporary issues.

ArtsConnect hosts a community reading of Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro" speech.

"Douglass wrote that democracy is not a set-and-done thing," West Stockbridge Historical Society President Bob Salerno told ...

In a little-known speech, Frederick Douglass sketched a vision of a post-racial America a century before the term was invented. Douglass, subject of a new film, spoke with uncanny precision about ...

Several days later Douglass gave his speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket-- the speech described at the top of this page.

OPINION The essential insight in Frederick Douglass’s great Independence Day speech The renowned abolitionist rejected the counsels of despair and contempt.

“Lessons of the Hour — Frederick Douglass” re-creates the abolitionist’s rhetoric and life across five screens.

Frederick Douglass’ iconic speech on slavery and the Declaration of Independence returns to Boston Common About 40 people gather at the base of the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial on ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, marked by the Continental Congress’s ...