Halloween is the perfect time to dress as your hero.

#FrederickDouglass

“I have never heard any songs like those anywhere since I left slavery, except in #Ireland There I heard the same wailing notes,and was much affected by them. Nowhere outside of dear Ireland, in the days of want and famine,have I heard sounds so mournful.” #FrederickDouglass 1855

Thrilled to come to Rochester, home of FrederickDouglass and more meaningfully, home of Anna Murray Douglass’ beloved garden, to help open Black Dolls The Strong Museum.

This is the only venue it’s traveling to before it’s gone for good, and I’m so happy to see it again.

The Frederick Douglass statue has just been unveiled in Belfast.

#FrederickDouglass #Belfast #Abolitionist

American social reformer, abolitionist, suffragist, orator, writer, and diplomat #FrederickDouglass died from a heart attack #onthisday in 1895. #equalrights #slavery #author #laborleader #freedom #AfricanAmerican #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #trivia

Happy Birthday, Martin Robison Delany! #fyp #historicalfacts #funfacts #happybirthday #birthdayboy #birthdaygirl #otd #onthisday #ushistory #historicalbirthdaystoday #ushistory #BlackHistory #Freeman #FrederickDouglass

My spoken word verse from the demo of my song 'Which Side Are You On?' in observation of #BlackHistoryMonth    

My work in progress paimting of #FrederickDouglass 'The Climax of All Misnomers'

The Frederick Douglass statue has just been unveiled in Belfast. It is the first statue of Fredrick anywhere in Europe.

I picked this book up last year but never got around to reading it. Tonight seems the appropriate time to start.

#FrederickDouglass #Belfast #Abolitionist

#FrederickDouglass also said: “Everybody has asked the question. . .'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us! If the apples will not remain…

📚 Dive into the extraordinary life of Frederick Douglass, the man who turned his fight for freedom into the foundational words that still inspire us today!,🌟📖

#FrederickDouglass #AmericanHero #BannedBooks #BlackHistory #LiteracyMatters #FreedomFighter #HistoricalReads

Truth.
#FrederickDouglass 👊

#FrederickDouglass #GreatAmerican #FactsareFacts

For all my #USA friends, I’m working in Waterford at a jobs fair in the City Hall. Gorgeous building, & check out the memorial plaque on the wall. The original proponent of #BlackLivesMatter #FrederickDouglass did a speaking tour in Ireland #SunnySouthEast #Waterford #AncientEast

This is why Gumboyo Animation is in the process of creating authentic animation of historical figures! Kickstarter coming soon! Please share & support at Gumboyo.com!

#FrederickDouglass #Animation #Gumboyo #Gumboyo Animation

February 16, 1874 - #FrederickDouglass is elected president of #Freedman 's Savings and Trust Company, which was established as a secure banking institution where Black soldiers could save their money and also encourage others in the #BlackCommunity to save.

#BlackHistoryMonth

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – #FrederickDouglass #iamsober

🪦 Did you know about the historic Frederick Douglass Park on Staten Island?

Here’s a drone tour. 🎥 @shane_dimaio

#statenisland #siny #frederickdouglass

We did not survive GenocideS to remain silent. I got to share w/ the community in Collierville my story surviving the #RwandanGenocide & war; my journey as an activist, gave a shout out to my inspiration #FrederickDouglass & signed copies of our book “Survivors Uncensored”. #RwOT