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...month Woodson chose for this celebration, February, is fitting because it contains the birthdays of many pioneering African Americans and anniversaries of the founding of many black institutions. Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Class of 1890 (the first African American to gain a doctorate from Harvard), Langston Hughes and Eubie Blake were born this month; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the first Pan-African Congress were also founded in February...
...went in there prepared to pay whatever it took,” Gates said. But he was worried enough about a bidding war that he sought additional funding from publishing companies, he said. “One letter from Frederick Douglass at the same auction sold...
...made as we seek justice. If the U.S. once “harbored terrorists who kept slaves,” does that mean we must forgive states that have not yet reached our exacting standards of morality? The speaker went on to quote an antebellum speech of Frederick Douglass, which attributed to America “crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.” Though our history is flawed, our past mistakes must not prevent us from taking the proper actions today. Equivocating on a subject of such great importance runs the risk of blaming the victims...
...principled leader who does what she thinks is right. But at the same time she bears the image of an arrogant prosecutor who often made wrong or inept moves in cases like Waco and Elian. "The Republicans will absolutely crucify her with negative ads," says prominent Florida attorney Dexter Douglass, who helped lead Al Gore's Tallahassee legal team during the presidential recount...
...Grandview 2531 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (Bet. 135th and 136th Street) 212-694-7324 Mon- Fri 12 noon...