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Johnson had just been reading the Lady of the Lake, and at once suggested that my name be "Douglass." [ 1 ] His family would later go on to become a part of the African-American upper class , continuing to provide leadership and intermarrying with descendants of the African-American educationist and political kingmaker Booker T. Washington .
Helen Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was an American suffragist, known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, [ 1 ] which became the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site .
Born Fredericka Douglass Sprague in Rochester, New York, on August 9, 1872. [2] [3] She was the daughter of Rosetta Douglass and granddaughter of Frederick Douglass. [4]She was the fifth oldest child of the seven children of Rosetta Douglass Sprague and Nathan Sprague. [5]
EXCLUSIVE: Invited guests include the descendants and families of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., […] The post White House to convene descendants of ...
Through the nonprofit he co-founded, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, Morris’ work and that of his mother, Nettie Washington Douglass, has centered around antiracism and human rights.
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818 [a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (June 24, 1839 – November 25, 1906) was an American teacher and activist. She was a founding member of the National Association for Colored Women . Her mother was Anna Murray Douglass and her father was Frederick Douglass .
The descendants of Frederick Douglass are not shying away from discussing the racist history of America. Five of his descendants — ages 12 through 20 — read parts of the famed abolitionist’s ...