A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he ...

Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison rallied other local abolitionists to call for Latimer's freedom. In March of 1843, Massachusetts complied with their demands by passing the Personal ...

Boston Globe culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt ... Black journalists in reclaiming the truth of Black folk. Like Frederick Douglass taught us, there is power in representation.

Born into slavery on Maryland's extern shore in 1818, Frederick Douglass spent several ... up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, William Lloyd Garrison moved to Boston in 1828.

In the 250 years since the American Revolution, Massachusetts has been defined by its revolutionary spirit. It’s where Frederick Douglass stirred crowds, Dr. Seuss sparked imaginations ...

The National Black Doll Museum and Norton Public Library will be among participants across the state hosting a community reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech “What to the ...