Topic: Frederick Douglass

A Dazzling Collection Of Newspaper Columns

American Journalism Review - 72 days ago
Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns . Edited by John Avlon, Jesse Angelo and Errol Louis . Overlook Press . 432 pages; $29.95...

Modern slavery still thriving internationally

The Grio - 120 days ago
One of America's leading abolitionist organizations has applauded the sentencing of a Nigerian woman for enslaving two women from her country.....

Students rip troubled school's scheduling snafu

NY Daily News - 126 days ago
High school students at a troubled Bedford-Stuyvesant school are furious over scheduling mistakes that could keep them from graduating.. . Most of...

Building facade collapses onto bus in Harlem: FDNY

The Grio - 148 days ago
From NBC New York: . . The FDNY is responding to the collapse of a building facade onto a bus in Harlem.. . The front of a building and some...

St. Michaels: The New Martha's Vineyard?

The Root - 164 days ago
This former fishing village on Maryland's Eastern Shore is attracting a new wave of affluent blacks.. . African Americans have had a tradition of ...

The Black Side of Boston

The Root - 169 days ago
The Black Bucket List hits up Beantown and the surrounding area, exploring New England's rich black history.. . The stately Federal-style buildings ...

Are Rick Santorum's Lincoln References Comparing Gay Marriage To Slavery?

On Top Magazine - 192 days ago
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum continues to reference President Abraham Lincoln when discussing his opposition to gay marriagePresidential candidate Rick Santorum continues to reference President Abraham Lincoln when discussing his opposition to gay marriage. The 53-year-old Santorum and his 7 children and wife ...

Harlem's New Hotel

Intelligent Travel - 358 days ago
February is Black History Month, and there's no better place to celebrate than Harlem, a no-stay zone for most visitors until the 124-room Aloft...

Frederick Douglass' role in the Civil War

Helium - 464 days ago
Frederick Douglass ,the great abolitionist, dynamic orator and prolific writer of the 1850's-1860's was a powerful voice in Antebellum America. But Frederick Douglass did not forget his humble beginnings, he did not forget 'where he came from' as the expression ...

Frederick Douglass' role during the Reconstruction era

Helium - 464 days ago
Frederick Douglass was undoubtedly the most famous African American of the 19th Century. By the 1850's Frederick Douglass had become one of the best known abolitionist in America, becoming one of the most outspoken opponents of slavery and stanchest proponents of ...