Frederick Douglass

Tarsha Jackson opened Roots: The Brunch Experience, a Southern-style restaurant in a former church on 75th Street in Chicago's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. The restaurant features a menu by chef Jada 'Juice' Henderson and showcases portraits of Black historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.

Robert Brown Elliott was a lawyer, activist, and politician who served as South Carolina’s first Black congressman. He opposed the Ku Klux Klan and worked in law and politics in South Carolina and New Orleans before his death in 1884.

Demonstrators gathered outside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in New Jersey, over the July 4th weekend to protest ICE. They read Frederick Douglass's 19th-century anti-slavery speech and performed art criticizing immigration detention, including a performance by Shamz Azanedo that mocked ICE agents. Protesters, including members of Patterson BLM, highlighted the plight of detainees and criticized the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Sen. Tim Scott highlights his family's progress from working in cotton fields to achieving political success in Congress. He emphasizes America's founding principles of faith, freedom, and opportunity, citing the election of a Black senator in a former Confederate state as evidence of the nation's evolving promise. The article references civil rights leaders like Dr. King and Frederick Douglass, who advocated for America to fulfill its founding ideals.

A local guide to America's 250th anniversary criticizes official events as authoritarian and exclusionary, highlighting empty booths at the Great American State Fair and a focus on white Christian narratives. Local historians and activists are hosting alternative events to address gaps in the national origin story, emphasizing justice and equality.

The article highlights how the words of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln continue to unite people over 160 years after a civil war that divided the country. Their messages emphasize the dual nature of American identity as both joyful and burdensome with responsibility.

The article discusses Frederick Douglass's 1876 speech at the Freedmen's Monument dedication in Washington, commemorating Abraham Lincoln. It references the broader context of the 250th anniversary of American independence and a perceived retreat from multiracial democracy.

President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments of 1972 into law on June 23, 1972, which included Title IX prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs. The article also notes other historical events, such as Frederick Douglass receiving a presidential nomination vote in 1888 and Air India Flight 182 crashing in 1985.

Descendants of Frederick Douglass and John Brown discussed civil rights challenges during a Juneteenth visit to WHYY. Kevin Douglass Greene criticized claims of lost rights for African Americans, highlighting historical struggles for equality, and condemned a court ruling that replaced a slavery exhibit at the President’s House Site. Brian Evans joined the visit to the exhibit on Independence Mall.

Clarence Thomas argues the Declaration of Independence remains central to America's founding principles, emphasizing its moral framework amid civic uncertainty. He consistently applies the Declaration's equality clause in Supreme Court decisions, opposing policies that treat citizens unequally by race.

The article argues that the left should reconnect with patriotism rooted in the nation's founding ideals, despite historical injustices like conquest and slavery. It highlights a poll showing right-leaning Americans express more patriotism than Democrats, who often feel pride only under Democratic presidents. The text emphasizes that the Declaration of Independence's principles of equality and liberty have inspired reformers, even as its authors were hypocritical on issues like slavery.