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Feb 19
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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our HistoryPosted by Hugh in Untagged  |
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Frederick Douglass:
On February 20, 1895, Frederick A. Douglass Died Of Heart Failure In Washington, DC.
For Almost 50 Years Douglass Had Been The Main Intellectual Voice Of Black America, As Well As A Primary Figure In The Abolitionist Movement. Even After Slavery Was Abolished, He Fought For The Full Civil Rights Of Freed African Americans. Douglass Was Also Active In The Women's Rights Movement.
Douglass Published The North Star, An Abolitionist Newspaper, From 1847 To 1864. He Moved To Washington, DC In 1872 Where He Held Goverment Posts Under Several Republican Administrations.
He Was A U.S. Marshall In 1877, Recorder Of Deeds In 1881 And U.S. Minister Of Haiti And Santo Domingo.
Douglass Was Born A Slave And Escaped After Forging His Own Freedom Papers. He Went On To Write Three Autobiographies Which Were Popular In American And Europe.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It."-- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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