The "Salt of the Earth, Light of the World" monument, created by local artist Olivia Kim, depicts a meeting between Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. in August 1864.

"It does not, as it seems to me, tell the whole truth," Douglass wrote of the statue, which shows a slave kneeling before Lincoln, in 1876. The Abraham Lincoln Statue by Thomas Ball in Boston ...

A debate over the statue of Lincoln and a freed slave in Washington, D.C., led two history professors to discover Frederick Douglass' letter, which could sway some opinions on the matter.

The statue is arguably awful in its depiction of Lincoln lording over a formerly enslaved person. But rather than demolishing it, enshrine Douglass’s insights about the truths revealed here.

October 16, 2018 Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. 2019-01-20T03:29:51-05:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org ...

Quentin Earl Darrington, as Frederick Douglass, and Ivan Hernandez, as President Abraham Lincoln, rehearse for La Jolla Playhouse’s world premiere of "3 Summers of Lincoln." ...

In his oration at the unveiling of the colored men's statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, on the late anniversary of his assassination, Frederick Douglass said: View Full Article in ...

The bold stage show '3 Summers of Lincoln' — starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack and Saycon Sengbloh — will play at La Jolla Playhouse through March 30.