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“We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm wrote that in…
(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks 250 years since July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence announced the birth of the United…
(AURN News) — Tomorrow marks the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass, one of the most pivotal figures in American history. Though the…
(AURN News) — One hundred years ago this week, Negro History Week began — an observance that would later grow into what…
Frederick Douglass said after meeting the abolitionist that even though Brown was white, he “is in sympathy a Black man and as…
On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglass passed away at approximately 77 years old in Washington, D.C. A towering figure in American history,…
On this day (Dec. 3) in 1847, Frederick Douglass launched his own newspaper, “The North Star,” after years of reading and being…