Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the ... Feb. 14 was the day he eventually chose to celebrate his birthday. The Library of Congress will mark Douglass Day with a virtual transcribe ...

EASTON — Frederick Douglass never knew his exact birthday. Like many born into slavery, the exact date was never recorded. Douglass knew it was sometime in February but not the exact day.

AHMAD GARNETT [email protected] Feb 25, 2025 Feb 25, 2025 0 EASTON — The Bailey-Groce Family Foundation hosted the 207th birthday celebration for Frederick Douglass. The celebration was held ...

Another day, another example of how the Trump Administration’s war on the excesses of DEI and “wokeness” has morphed into a war on diversity itself. How else to explain the decision by the ...

The latest victim of the Trump administration’s anti-DEI orders appears to be Frederick Douglass. Organizers have canceled a parade planned to honor the 207th birthday of the Maryland native and ...

Maryland National Guard officials have declined to participate in a celebration for American abolitionist Frederick Douglass' birthday, saying it violates the Defense Department's new orders to ...

Douglass chose Feb. 14 as his birthday because his mother, Harriet Bailey, referred to him as her “Little Valentine,” ...

The message prompted organizers to cancel the parade portion of the 207th Birthday Celebration of Frederick Douglass and Civil Rights Heroes Day, said Tarence Bailey Sr., a descendant of Douglass.