WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is hailing Frederick Douglass for his work to bring about equal justice, leading a series of tributes at the unveiling of a statue of the 19th-century ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

MARIETTA — President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass will speak at 5:30 p.m. Friday in a Juneteenth National Independence Day program at Marietta College. Living Historian Michael ...

Let’s raise Lincoln, Douglass statue Now that Spokane is set to remove the Monaghan statue, our city could raise a momentous, significant statue in its place: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick ...

Local educators, students, parents and community members will join the fifth annual Teach Truth Day of Action at 11 a.m.

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said the millions of travelers who pass through the airport each year will be able to ...

The Nathan and Polly Johnson home – run by the New Bedford Historical Society – is the first home where Frederick Douglass lived as a free man. The historical society offers tours of the home.

In his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Douglass tells the story of how he became a Christian around 1831 while listening to the preaching of a white Methodist minister.

Often considered our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie) is definitely written about the most. More than 16,000 books have been published since Lincoln's 1865 ...

Mary Todd Lincoln’s Signature Dessert Was Abe’s Favorite first appeared on Parade on Jun 16, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 16, 2025, where it first appeared.