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23 de may. de 2024 · Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.
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Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927, Dallas, Texas—died...
- Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith (born March 6, 1797, Utica, New York, U.S.—died...
- Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy was an American publisher and leading...
- Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet (born 1815, New Market (now...
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Samantha Power, American journalist, human rights scholar,...
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26 de may. de 2024 · His unwavering dedication to the abolitionist cause and his remarkable eloquence as an orator and writer left an indelible mark on American history. This article explores Douglass‘ life, his contributions to the fight against slavery, and his enduring legacy as a champion of equality.
30 de may. de 2024 · Isaac Julien ’s Lessons of the Hour is a remarkable video installation based on the life and career of the visionary African American abolitionist, statesman, and formerly enslaved person Frederick Douglass.
23 de may. de 2024 · These two images evoke Frederick Douglass’s use of the photographic image to “erase the astonishingly large storehouse of racist stereotypes that had been accumulated in the American archive of anti-Black imagery,” as Henry Louis Gates Jr. wrote in his 2015 essay titled “Fredrick Douglass’s Camera Obscura: Representing the Anti-Slave ...
24 de may. de 2024 · Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, statesman and key leader in the abolitionist movement. After his escape to freedom as an adult, Douglass in...
Hace 2 días · Frederick Douglass began touring around a large part of the United States in 1869 to advocate for social justice and to present his speech to the public. His aim was to share his desire for a...
Hace 3 días · Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the North, editor of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star and, after the Civil War, a diplomat for the U.S. government.