Topic: Frederick Douglass
When I was a child, I heard stories about the so-called ?activist? Angela Davis. We?d whisper her name in the schoolyard ? as if betraying our parents, those very ones who were themselves fooled into thinking that Ms. Davis was truly an ?enemy of the state.?
We couldn?t speak of her in our social studies class. And if our ...
Passers-by frequently peer into the window at the new center honoring former slave, famed orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. And if they knock on the door, they can get a quick tour guided by the Rev. Errol Hunt and his son Gerry. After decades of failed efforts, the ...
Presidents are "in" again, and that means Washington is a hot spot. With Barack Obama moving into the White House next month and the ongoing celebration of Abraham Lincoln's life, the nation's capital and its many tourism sites have been thrust into ...
