On Wednesday, a bronze bust of Frederick Douglass was unveiled in the Massachusetts Senate chamber. It is the first state-commissioned bust of a Black person to grace the State House. The idea for a ...

In the July 21 Metro story about the 315 paint samples taken from the Frederick Douglass house in an effort to get the colors for the house exactly right, no mention was made of the heart of the house ...

BOSTON — Senate President Karen Spilka says she was initially “outraged” by the lack of women and people of color represented in artwork displayed throughout the State House. On Wednesday, she had a ...

ABOLISHED IN MARYLAND IN 1864. >> OUR CHARGE AT THE ARCHIVES WAS TO IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT HAVE FELT LIKE AND LOOKED LIKE FOR HARRIET TUBMAN AND STEPHEN DOUGLASS TO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM WHERE ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- There are now statues of two of America's pioneers inside the Maryland State House. Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are standing in the very room where slavery was ...

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One hundred and twenty-eight years since he returned to his humble roots at the Wye House as a accomplished, free man, re-enactors will recreate Frederick Douglass' return to the plantation where ...

After weeks of unrest in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, many residents fled Baltimore. While distraught about the injustices taking place there, Greg Morton also saw ...

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, ...

A Maryland board has approved a contract to put bronze statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass in the historic Maryland State House. The Board of Public Works voted 3-0 for the $575,000 ...

Some of the most nationally recognized Marylanders happen to be Black, were slaves and made a huge impact on American history; yet they’re just now getting statues in the Maryland State House.