On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before an abolitionist group and gave one of his most famous speeches: "What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?" That speech confronted the hypocrisy of an Independence Day in a country that still endorsed the bondage and forced labor of more than 1 in 8 of its residents. In July 2020, @npr asked five Douglass descendants to read and respond to excerpts of that speech. They reflected on America's ongoing pursuit of liberty and justice for all. This proj

On this date in 1895, Frederick Douglass had a heart attack after arriving home from a women’s suffrage meeting. His second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass, worked to make sure their home, Cedar Hill, would be a museum in his honor. (🎥: WTOP/Jimmy Alexander) | WTOP News