Why We Need to Understand Frederick Douglass Now More Than Ever

Frederick Douglass, Unidentified Artist, Sixth-plate daguerreotype c. 1841 Collection of Greg French Frederick Douglass’ trajectory from an enslaved laborer to a globally recognized statesman is a study in tenacity and self-determination. Inside a hall at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., a new exhibition compiles an impressive […]

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