Frederick Douglass

Although she’s often overshadowed by her husband, Anna made his work possible.

What are Latin American ideas about race, and how have they been formed in relation to the U.S. and vice versa?

Civil War historian David Blight reflects on America’s Disunion – then and now.

Frederick Douglas had another, lesser known, impact on Baltimore.

As a young woman, civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray discovered that the flag could be used as a symbol of defiance.

Recovering black radicalism.

On the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.

How he used America’s past to rescue its future.

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

The question of what Jefferson meant by “all men” has defined American law and politics for too long.

Fara Dabhoiwala’s case against free speech.

Calls to attenuate the brutality of slavery in museum depictions is absurd when our institutions already downplay one of its most horrific features.

A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.

We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse.

Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia.

At the Met, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" shows how clothing became a way for Black men to assert presence and push back against control.

The Fugitive Slave Act erased the most basic of constitutional rights for enslaved people and incentivized US Commissioners to support kidnappers.

What the Constitution asks of us.

Manisha Sinha’s history of Reconstruction sheds fresh light on the period that fleetingly opened a door to a different America.

Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the Henry’s influence. The politician also served in key roles in Virginia’s state government.