Frederick Douglass

Ok, So We're Talking About Frederick Douglass Today

... situation of 1852. It still works today. I take this law to be one of the grossest infringements of Christian Liberty, and, if the churches and ministers of our country were not stupidly blind, or most wickedly indifferent, they, too, would so regard it. At the very moment that they are thanking God for the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, and for the right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences, they are utterly silent in respect to a law which robs religion of its chief significance, and makes it utterly worthless to a world lying in wickedness. Did this law concern the “mint, anise, and cumin” — abridge the right to sing psalms, to partake of the sacrament, or to engage in any of the ceremonies of religion, it would be smitten by the thunder of a thousand pulpits. A general shout would go up from the church, demanding repeal, repeal, instant repeal! — And it would go hard with that politician who presumed to solicit the votes of ...

Stallions Dropped As Mascot Of New Frederick Douglass High School

... change the mascot, claiming it was inappropriate and sexist. "Since the public announcement of the mascot Monday, we have received feedback from some community members who have concerns about the mascot and we want assure our constituents that there was absolutely no intent to offend or upset anyone," Fayette County Schools Superintendent Manny Caulk said in a statement. "We also recognize that there is support from others in our community to honor the former stallions of Hamburg Place farm.". School leaders say the school will still have the Keeneland green and orange colors, and will have a horse image in its logo. However, they say incoming students of Frederick Douglass High School will be allowed to choose their mascot. "I'm very grateful to Superintendent Caulk for listening to our concerns [and] for reassessing this choice by getting input from students [and] ...

Jcal Plans 75-unit Affordable Housing Building In Harlem

... square feet, the building would have 8,265 square feet of commercial space including a 7,300-square-foot supermarket, according to JCAL principal William Bollinger. Aufgang Architects is the architect of record, the filing shows. The building — between West 128 th and West 129 th streets — would be comprised of a mix of studios through three-bedroom units with prices based on the city’s Extremely Low & Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) program, said Bollinger, characterizing the project as “deep affordability.” Amenities will include a recreation room, bike storage and study room, according to the DOB filing. JCAL, led by Bollinger, Josh Weissman and Neil Weissman, paid $2 million for the site plus an adjacent parcel at 2401 Eighth Avenue in 2016, according to property records. 2395 Fredrick Douglass Boulevard currently houses a supermarket, and Bollinger said JCAL formed a joint venture partnership with the supermarket’s owner. The developers plan to replace the store with a new market under a city program known as FRESH, or Food Retail Expansion ...

More And More About Frederick Douglass

... exclusively, the following statement from the direct descendants of Frederick Douglass. The President’s comments from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, about Frederick Douglass, were noted and appreciated by us, the Douglass family. In fact, we believe, if he had more time to elaborate, the President would have mentioned the following. “Frederick Douglass has done an amazing job …. * Enduring the inhumanity of slavery after being born heir to anguish and exploitation but still managing to become a force for solace and liberty when America needed it most. * Recognizing that knowledge was his pathway to freedom at such a tender age. * Teaching himself to read and write and becoming one of the country’s most eloquent spokespersons. * Standing up to his overseer to say that ‘I am a man!’. * Risking life and limb by escaping the abhorrent institution. * Composing the Narrative of his life and helping to expose slavery for the crime against humankind that it is. * Persuading the American public and Abraham Lincoln that we are all equal and deserving of the ...

Nuclear Option, Bad Phone Calls, And Frederick Douglass

... far” of his day. Chatting with Malcolm Turnbull should have been “one of the most congenial calls for the new commander in chief,”  our colleagues wrote  Wednesday. Instead, “Trump’s behavior suggests that he is capable of subjecting world leaders, including close allies, to a version of the vitriol he frequently employs against political adversaries and news organizations in speeches and on Twitter.”. FLYNN PUTS IRAN ‘ON NOTICE’. The Trump administration said Wednesday that it was “officially putting Iran on notice” after its test launch of a ballistic missile, signaling that it will advance a “combative and iconoclastic foreign policy that appears to sideline traditional diplomacy,” our colleague wrote. “Iran now feels emboldened,” Trump national security adviser Michael T. Flynn said from the White House podium. His brief statement did not outline any actions the administration intends to take and Flynn did not explain further. ‘SOMEBODY WHO’S DONE AN AMAZING JOB’. President Trump and press secretary Sean Spicer highlighted Frederick Douglass on Feb. 1, the first day of Black History Month. Trump said that Douglass, the former slave, abolitionist, author and ...

Trump’s Comment About Frederick Douglass Causes Much Confusion And Debate

... Clinton) February 1, 2017. At the daily press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Sean Spicer about Trump’s comment that Douglass is being recognized “more and more.”. “Do you have any idea what specifically he was referring to?” the reporter asked. “I think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made,” Spicer said. “And I think through a lot of the actions and statements that he’s going to make, I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more.”. Paste pop culture magazine argued that Trump knows his history — and that he doesn’t. “Everything about the quote, including the tenses, makes it sound like Trump sees Douglass as a tireless activist whose good work is being noticed more and more as his life goes on,” it wrote. “The description makes him sound like a man who is just now emerging from obscurity, and is still fighting the good fight, and ...

Frederick Douglass In Brooklyn' Bridges Historical Gap

... essay, Hamm examines the intricate ties between Douglass and Brooklyn abolitionists. “As a founder and editor (from 2000-2013) of the Brooklyn Rail, I became immersed in the borough’s storied past and its glamorous yet conflicted present,” he said. “Though still quite substantial, Brooklyn’s Black population today is threatened by the warp-speed gentrification taking place throughout the borough. This dynamic spurred me to look back to the efforts of African Americans to establish their initial foothold during Brooklyn’s formative decades in the mid-19 th century,” Hamm added. “And the figure l kept coming across was the great Frederick Douglass. Douglass never lived in Brooklyn, but many of his closest allies — including Reverend James and Elizabeth Gloucester, Henry Ward Beecher Theodore Tilton — called it home,” he added. The speeches Douglass gave at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Plymouth Church and many other leading institutions invariably sparked both excitement ...

When Frederick Douglass Met John Brown

... Wilkes Booth, who attended his execution.). But it wasn’t just Democratic voices that commented on Douglass’s ties to the Harpers Ferry action. The Weekly Anglo-African , a newspaper published by black abolitionists from Brooklyn, also added a distinct perspective. During its short run (1859–1865), the paper’s leading figures included Douglass allies like James Gloucester, James Mc Cune Smith, and the radical white abolitionist journalist James Redpath. Douglass was close enough to the paper’s staff that, during his August 1859 stay-over at the Gloucesters’ home, he paid a visit to the Anglo-African office. After the failed uprising at Harpers Ferry, the Anglo-African wrote of the incursion: “It seems to have been at the outset, an attempt to procure a large stampede of slaves, and to have grown, by force of circumstances, into an invasion of these United States and of the commonwealth of Virginia.” The paper had nothing but praise for Brown, during ...

Rochester’s Black Community Had A Deep—and Underrecognized—influence On Frederick Douglass

... as multiple University organizations promoting intercultural knowledge and diversity. And in 2012, a group of undergraduate students founded the Frederick Douglass Leadership House as “a physical expression of Douglass’s principles.”. It’s a testament to the greatness of the abolitionist icon, who is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, adjacent to the River Campus. History professor Larry Hudson. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster). Douglass was profoundly influenced by the Rochester region. But the region’s role in shaping the abolitionist leader has not been fully appreciated, according to Larry Hudson, a professor of history at Rochester , who’s in the early stages of writing a book about Douglass. Hudson seeks to move beyond Douglass’s influence on Rochester, and look instead at the city’s influence on Douglass—especially the influence of Rochester’s vibrant 19 th-century black community. Douglass moved to Rochester after learning about the active local black ...