The governor of Maryland has signed a proclamation declaring this year as the "Year of Frederick Douglass."

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The University of Maryland, College Park, kicked off an initiative Monday honoring Frederick Douglass as the university works to improve race relations on campus.

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Thanks to his fourth-grade teacher, Thelma Jones, Walter Black knew that Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County. Tuckahoe to be specific. You must be proud of that, she instructed. Born a slave, Douglass became an international leader of the ...

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass   Few Americans, ...

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Maryland's historic State House could be the home to statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass under a proposal made by the leaders of the General Assembly.

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ANNAPOLIS— A student activist is calling for a statue of Harriet Tubman to be added to the grounds of the Maryland State House. The Washington Post reports that University of Maryland student Colin Byrd thinks his push for the Tubman ...

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