My Story About Frederick Douglass Published by Salon

As reported, the U.S. Capitol’s Emancipation Hall in Washington, D.C honored Frederick Douglass with a statue. It’s actually the other way around. Frederick Douglass is prominent among what I refer to as America’s second wave of founders, which also includes Abraham Lincoln and Susan B. Anthony.

I spoke to Frederick Douglass’s great-great-great grandson (who’s also Booker T. Washington’s great-great grandson) Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., Civil Rights and comedy icon Dick Gregory, and Frederick Douglass Republican K. Carl Smith to gain insight into the man who epitomizes the American experience more than anyone else in our history — Frederick Douglass. Please read the story here:

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