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Detroit actor from 'Scandal' stars as Frederick Douglass in musical with Broadway potential
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Frederick Douglass in "American Prophet," Cornelius Smith Jr. sings about the need for a national reckoning powerful enough to free the nation's enslaved people. “It is not light we need, ...
Slavery reparations: `It’s always about the money in America’ | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoApology and reparations “On Juneteenth, consider what made Frederick Douglass great” confused me, at...
Historian to discuss powerful border dynamics for Black community in 19th century Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe things that Frederick Douglass and other Black residents of 19th century Rochester deemed...
Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA Juneteenth celebration featuring re-enactors as Buffalo Soldiers. (David J. Phillip / Associated...
Independence Day special: Live readings of speeches about freedom
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 29—Abolitionist Frederick Douglass made a speech about Independence Day that was louder than any fireworks. Delivered in 1852 and known by a question that Douglass posed halfway through ...
IHSAA football Week 6 predictions: Several big conference games will shape title chases
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoIt is a week for big conference showdowns in the Hoosier Crossroads, Metropolitan Interscholastic,...
Arts picks: 'Lift Ev'ry Voice,' flamenco, play 'Adult,' musical 'Percy,' Blossom concerts
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years ago'Lift Ev'ry Voice' with Apollo's Fire Apollo’s Fire will perform "Lift Ev’ry Voice – A Celebration...
A lesson wholly lost: What 2 Independence Days mean for America
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read...
35 Quotes From Famous Voices in Black History That Will Inspire You This February
Country Living via Yahoo News· 1 year agoInspire others with these powerful Black History Month quotes. Revisit famous words by Black leaders...
Lincoln Saved American Democracy. We Can Too
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Illustration by Tim O'Brien for TIME At noon on Monday, March 4, 1861—a day that observers noted had dawned “cloudy and raw” but turned bright...
