NEW YORK (AP) — David W. Blight's biography of Frederick Douglass and Sarah Smarsh's "Heartland" are among the nominees for awards celebrating nonfiction books of social consciousness and literary ...
FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Prophet of Freedom. By David W. Blight. Simon & Schuster. 764 pages. $37.50. It was nothing short of genius to place a large photograph of Frederick Douglass in his prime on the ...
Time has a way of sanding off the rough edges of historical memory, turning even the most convulsive, contentious lives into opportunities for national triumphalism and self-congratulation. With ...
The years that Frederick Douglass spent in Lynn were some of the most important in his life, but they are often overlooked by biographers. That’s why former Salem News reporter Tom Dalton of Lynnfield ...
NEW HAVEN — It’s a good year to think about Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became the most famous African-American of his time, and who never ceased to hold hope for his country despite ...
The public is invited to join members of the African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon, June 21, in an online presentation and discussion of an award-winning ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, journalist Sarah Smarsh speaks during an interview at the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine, Kan. David W. Blight’s biography of Frederick Douglass and Sarah Smarsh’s ...
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