Search Results for: Frederick Douglass

The “Woman’s Rights” Man: A New Book on Women in Frederick Douglass’s World

May 1, 2017May 4, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Frederick Douglass

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Frederick Douglass, Haiti, and Diplomacy

February 11, 2017February 15, 2017 Brandon Byrd Frederick Douglass, Haiti

Frederick Douglass was doing an amazing job and deserved more and more recognition. That idea dawned on Republican President Benjamin

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“More and More Influential”: Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump

February 8, 2017February 12, 2017 Juliet Hooker Donald Trump, Frederick Douglass

As President Trump recently said on the occasion of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass “is being recognized by more and

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Frederick Douglass’s Compressed, Expanding World

October 25, 2015October 29, 2015 Christopher Bonner

In February 1848, angry Parisians crowded their city’s streets to protest restrictive monarchial policies. The Prime Minister resigned, the king

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Frederick Douglass’s Narrative and Teaching Intellectual History

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 Chris Cameron

Frederick Douglass is widely recognized as one of, if not the, foremost black intellectuals of the 19th century. His wide-ranging

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