On July 5, 1852, when the barbaric institution of slavery still plagued this land, Frederick Douglass, a prominent Black ...
Born in Virginia and enslaved by President James Madison, Paul Jennings (1799-1874) traveled with the president to the White House, where he lived and worked. Years later, he purchased his freedom, ...
On This Day in History, July 5 highlights pivotal moments that shaped politics, science, culture and global history. From ...
It is a tradition at the Nevada Current that each Fourth of July we publish excerpts from the famous speech delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, ...
From the legacy of slavery to today’s battles over voting rights, education, and reparations, Black leaders say America’s ...
America’s enduring struggle over the meaning of “We the People” reveals that the true genius of the American experiment lies ...
We have much to celebrate. We also have much to address. We have much to mourn. We have much to declassify. We have much to ...
The Declaration of Independence has been quoted by abolitionists, suffragists, socialists, civil rights activists, and the Black Panthers. Why should conservatives get to own it now?
Terrell Scriber — who teaches African American studies, economics, government and entrepreneurship at Killeen ISD’s Early ...
In Philadelphia, the day is a time for 1838 Black Metropolis, a public history nonprofit, to remember civil rights leader and ...
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