Frederick Douglass

Teachers as Crap Detectors and the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility

Alan Singer | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Social Responsibility, Michael Bloomberg, Race to the Top, Mother Jones, Upton Sinclair, Bill Gates, Huck Finn, Barack Obama, New York City, Pearson Education, Margaret Mead, Rupert Murdoch, Teachers, Teaching, Frederick Douglass, Education News
Alan Singer

Tom Roderick, executive director of the Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, asked me to share my thoughts on teaching and crap detection. These are some of the things I learned from forty years as a teacher.

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Emancipation Day 2012: What Frederick Douglass Would Think of Ward 8's 21st-Century Troubles

Chris Gentilviso | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Emancipation Day 2012, Emancipation, Emancipation 150th Anniversary, Dc Emancipation Day, Frederick Douglass Abolition, Frederick Douglass, Cedar Hill, Emancipation Day, Marion Barry, Marion Barry Ward 8, Ward 8, DC News
Chris Gentilviso

To understand the importance of Washington D.C. Emancipation Day, look no further than the story of those who thought this event would never happen.

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Student Harassed For Essay Comparing School To Modern Slavery

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: School Racism, Video, Slavery, Racism, Discrimination, Frederick Douglass Abolition, Frederick Douglass, Racism in Schools, School Discrimination, Education News

When Jada Williams, a 13-year-old student at Rochester's School No. 3, wrote an essay making comparisons between a slavemaster discouraging Frederick ...

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For the Love of Justice: A Valentine's Day Tribute to Frederick Douglass

Hugh Hogan | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Social Justice, U.S. Postal Service, Homelessness, Street Vendors, Frederick Douglass, Human Trafficking, New York Street Vendors, Ny DREAM Act, Valentine's Day Ny, New York News
Hugh Hogan

In honor of Frederick Douglass' activism, here is my Valentine's Day message to New Yorkers who want to make this city a fairer, more caring and compassionate place.

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"You Don't Own Frederick Douglass"

Alan Singer | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: American History, New York Historical Society, New York Historical Society Exhibits, N-Y Historical Society, American Revolution, Frederick Douglass, New York News
Alan Singer

I believe that it is okay for historians to disagree without getting nasty with each other, and that our disagreements are an essential part of making meaning out of the past.

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Lincoln and Douglass Would Be Angry

Alan Singer | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: History, American Revolution, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, George Washington, Great Britain, Haiti, Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Black History, New York Historical Society, Frederick Douglass, African Americans, French Revolution, New York News
Alan Singer

Life sized bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at the entrances to the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) greeting visitor...

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Laura Bassett

'Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass' Anti-Abortion Bill Angers Civil Rights Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Black Abortion, African American Abortion, Video, Sex Selective Abortion, Susan B. Anthony, Trent-Franks-Abortion, Frederick Douglass, Politics News

Minority and women's civil rights groups, including the NAACP, criticized GOP lawmakers on Tuesday for using Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony -...

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Major Black History Landmark Restored In Boston

AP | By BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Boston, Black History, Civil War, African Meeting House, Frederick Douglass, Beverly Morgan-Welch, William Lloyd Garrison, Video, Black Voices News

BOSTON -- Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient floorboards where Frederick Douglass, William Llo...

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A Tour of D.C. Writers' Homes, From Frederick Douglass to Sinclair Lewis

Kim Roberts | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Katherin Anne Porter, Sinclair Lewis, Zora Neale Hurston, Dc Authors, Francis Scott Key, Dc Around Town, Dc Writers' Homes, Frederick Douglass, Authors' Homes, Dc Writers, Paul Laurence Dunbar, DC News
Kim Roberts

I have always been interested in how literature and place intersect, especially in my adopted city of Washington, D.C.

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Welcome to HuffPost DC and Our 'City of Conversation'

Michael Grass | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, David Catania, Randi Miller, District of Columbia, Patricia McGuire, DC Region, DC Media, Henry James, Frederick Douglass, Philippa Hughes, HuffPost DC, DC News
Michael Grass

As Henry James wrote, "Washington talks about herself, and about nothing else." At HuffPost DC, we hope to make sense of all that conversation, and host the discussion, too.

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Women for Women: Nettie Washington Douglass Summons the Strength of Her Gender

Robert J. Benz | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Nettie Washington Douglass, Black History, Frederick Douglass, Women's History, Women News
Robert J. Benz

2011-08-15-Screenshot20110815at1.54.44PM.jpg "I get my name from two great American men, but I have been defined by the strong women in my life."

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Frederick Douglass' July Fourth

Nathan Schneider | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Civil Resistance, Nonviolence, Civil War, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Frederick Douglass, Civil Rights, Slavery, Politics News
Nathan Schneider

Frederick Douglass didn't celebrate Independence Day. Of course. How could he? Douglass was born a slave. This country's independence was not his own, or his people's.

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Is Clarence Thomas At The Center Of An Ethics Violation?

ARTINFO | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, Frederick Douglass, Clarence-Thomas-Harlan-Crow, Clarence Thomas, Ethics, Ethics Investigation, Pin Point, Historic Preservation, Georgia, Harlan Crow, Raymond J. McKoski, Slaves, Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court, Ethics Violation, Arts News
ARTINFO

A quaint historical museum in Pin Point, Georgia, that is set to open this fall has become the target of an exhaustive ethics examination by the New Y...

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Oprah and Lucretia: Friends that Go Back a Long Way

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: John Quincy Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oprah Winfrey, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott, Media News
Jamie Stiehm

Suddenly I heard it: the Quaker in Oprah. The emphasis on a light inside each of us is the central Quaker concept of the way God works. Oprah's theology in a kind of a mass media sermon seemed to be a fresh way of putting those things.

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PHOTOS: 10 Writers’ Unruly, Manly Manes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Nadeem Aslam, Jerzy Kosinski, Writers, Neil Gaiman, Jack Kerouac, Crazy Hair, Homer, Martin Amis, David Foster Wallace, Bernard-Henri Levy, Malcolm Gladwell, Frederick Douglass, Books News

We were a little bit late in reading Jorian Polis Schutz’s analysis of manly manes in the last issue of Cabinet, titled “Barbers and Barbarians,...

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Up Yours, Valentine's Day! 10 Other Things to Celebrate Instead

James Napoli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Alexander Graham Bell, History, League of Women Voters, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Oregon, Anti-Valentines-Day, Valentine's Day, Frederick Douglass, Al Capone, Mormon Church, Gps, Big Love, Soviet Union, Sister Wives, Comedy News
James Napoli

Lots of other things in history happened on February 14th, and it's just as valid to pay homage to them as it is to Cupid. So find the Valentine's alternative that's right for you and reclaim the day!

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Keepers of the Faith: Why the Constitution Should Not Be Treated as a Sacred Text

Grant Calder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 112th Congress, Constitution, Frederick Douglass, 13th Amendment, Civil War, Segregation, Antonin Scalia, Slavery, Politics News
Grant Calder

The 112th Congress opened a few weeks ago with a reading of the Constitution. Hard to argue about that? Guess again.

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It Takes A Movement: How Access To Power Can Be Dangerous -- Part 4

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Wallis, It Takes a Movement, Barack Obama, Corridors of Power, Faith Community, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, American Political Activism, Obama Change, Faith-Based Activism, American Faith Community, Political Change, American Social Movements, Obama Administration, Barack Obama Change, Religion News
Jim Wallis

I feel a growing need to create a more independent and critical movement for social justice and change in America, and the relational and convening power in the faith community is substantial.

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Why Whites Still Dictate Black Style!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Advocate, Oprah Magazine, Esquire Magazine, Michelle Obama, Good Hair, The Jewish Daily Forward, Vogue Magazine, Anderson Cooper, Bankers, Michelle Obama Essence Cover, Black-Fashion, Ellianna Placas, New York, Models, Color-Blindness, Oprah Winfrey, Black Designers, Essence Magazine, Michele Obama Black Designers, Style, Luxury, New York Times, Designers, Chris Rock, Fashion, Frederick Douglass, Publicists, Michelle Obama Style, Media News
Michael Henry Adams

Would a newspaper and website like The Jewish Daily Forward hire a Catholic editor? Would The Advocate engage a straight person as executive director...

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America's Forgotten Founders

Richard Albert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bill of Rights, John Bingham, Frederick Douglass, Fourteenth Amendment, Politics News
Richard Albert

The Court's narrow focus on America's constitutional founding fathers obscures the importance of America's second founding that came with the abolition and the Civil War.

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Frederick Douglass and Fred Hampton: Two Explosive New Books

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Hampton, Frederick Douglass, Cointelpro, Abolitionists, Slavery, Black Panther Party, Books News
Rick Ayers

Two new books will find their way into classrooms and are sure to force teachers into uncomfortable conversations, especially when young people can be unfettered by myths that keep us ignorant.

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Prisoner's Dilemma: Should a Chicago Alderman Relish His Opposition to Felony Franks?

Marilia Duffles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hot Dogs, Chicago, Slavery, Social Ills, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Frederick Douglass, Felony Franks, Jimmy Andrews, Chicago City Council, Barack Obama, Robert Fioretti, Felons, Chicago News
Marilia Duffles

Leave it to a Wall Street Journal story this week about a Chicago alderman's opposition to Jimmy Andrews' Felony Franks -- a hot dog joint that hires ...

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Obama Is Gays' Best Friend -- To Say Otherwise is Shortsighted, Insulting and Just Plain Dumb

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Gay Rights, Dinner Speech, President Obama, Frederick Douglass, Gay Opposition to Obama, Doma, James Baldwin, Human Rights Campaign, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Nothing short of a full-throated endorsement of gay marriage will cease the carping of the hard core gay rights advocates against Obama.

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All Over the Country, Women in Politics Make a Difference

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Riley, Al Gore, Mark Sanford, Hillary Clinton, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

This is a diverse country, and getting elected in some states is much harder than in others, but the message has to continue to be the same -- women can and must make a difference.

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On the Occasion of President Obama's Wreath for the Confederate Memorial

Ronald Maxwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert E. Lee, Obama, Civil War, Memorial Day, Walt Whitman, Confederate Army, Ezekiel Moses, Frederick Douglass, Politics News
Ronald Maxwell

Obama, to his everlasting honor, and in keeping with the tradition of his predecessors, on Memorial Day just two weeks ago sent a wreath to Moses Ezekiel's monument to the Confederate dead.

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