Frederick Douglass stood at the podium, trembling with nervousness. Before him sat abolitionists who had traveled to the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Only 23 years old at the time ...

At the age of six, Frederick Douglass was delivered to his master’s home on Maryland’s eastern shore, to begin his life as a slave. His first experience of slavery — watching his aunt being ...

In September of 1838, former slave Frederick Douglass traveled to Nantucket to hear the publisher of Boston's abolitionist newspaper, William Lloyd Garrison, speak. After hearing Douglass tell his ...

Born into slavery on Maryland's extern shore in 1818, Frederick Douglass spent several years in Baltimore, where he learned to read. Douglass viewed his newfound literacy as the key to knowledge ...

It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...

He has also produced documentaries on the Black Church and Frederick Douglass. His latest history series for PBS is “Making Black America: Through the Grapevine.” The lecture was part of ...

This year’s tournament, the Granite State Challenge, will culminate with a final showdown slated to air on New Hampshire PBS ...

From Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman, scroll to read how different individuals who lived during this era were influenced by religion. Abraham Lincoln was raised in his parents' "hard shell ...

Part one of this episode tells the history of the Rudolphy Mercy-Douglass Home for the Blind ... WHYY Presents is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple ...