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Why Do Selfies Matter Ask Frederick Douglass

NMAAHC founding director Lonnie Bunch shares a rare photograph of abolitionist leader He was born into slavery With no name. No rights. No identity...

Why Do Selfies Matter? Ask Frederick Douglass

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Rare photograph of Frederick Douglass

NMAAHC founding director Lonnie Bunch shares a rare photograph of abolitionist leader

Why Frederick Douglass Never Smiled In Pictures

Frederick Douglass

Why Frederick Douglass Took 160 Portraits — And Never Smiled

He was born into slavery… With no name. No rights. No identity recognized by the world. Yet he became one of the most seen ...

Frederick Douglass: Thoughts About Photography

On Dec. 3, 1861, In Boston,

Roscoe Burnems | Why Frederick Douglass did not smile in photos

Roscoe Burnems, Richmond Inaugural Poet Laureate, performs a VMFA commissioned piece entitled “Why

What Would Frederick Douglass Think of the Black Lives Matter Movement?

Historian David Blight, author of "

“What to the Slave is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

In a Fourth of July holiday special, we hear the words of

Frederick Douglass | The Most Photographed American of the 19th Century

Born into slavery as

Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote

Upon the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, many Americans thought that slavery had been abolished once and for ...

Frederick Douglass Photo Unveiling

The City of Rochester hosts an unveiling ceremony for a never-before-seen (in our lifetime)

How Frederick Douglass Used Photography to Talk About Race

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