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Black History Month: Photos of Frederick Douglass & His 'North Star' on His th Birthday
Frederick Douglass is arguably the most highly recognized African American man of the 19th century. Although born enslaved, he learned to read and write, and after he escaped, went on to become a public speaker, editor, recruiter for the Union Army, bank president, minister and consul general to Haiti. Many consider Douglass an important literary figure as well because he published countless speeches and three autobiographies: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (); My Bondage and My Freedom (); and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass ( and ).
These accounts provide a clear sense of his growth, struggles, and some of his most intimate thoughts and feelings. Douglass was also the founder and editor of The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper, an edition of which is held in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and is
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Black History Month: Photos of Booker T. Washington Symbolizing Black Empowerment
As a leader, educator, philanthropist and formerly enslaved, Booker T. Washington advocated for racial uplift through industrial and domestic education. He was one of the most well known African American public figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington rose to prominence as the head of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute where he secured funding from white philanthropists including Andrew Carnegie and later Julius Rosenwald. His thrust into public notoriety occurred after he delivered “The Atlanta Compromise Speech” in and years later, he shared his life story in Up From Slavery (). Washington remained an important leader of the Black community although some considered his philosophies controversial. Washington emphasized vocational training for African Americans and did not seek to disrupt the racial hierarchy. He also received support from major white philanthropists a
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Latest News: Marcus Garvey Pardoned 85 Years After Death
Marcus Garvey was granted a posthumous pardon bygd former President Joe Biden on his last full day in office, January The late Jamaican-born activist, who was a prominent proponent of Black nationalism, was convicted of mail fraud in
Garvey served two years of his five-year prison sentence before he was deported back to Jamaica. Civil rights leaders, lawmakers, and his descendants have long requested he be pardoned, claiming his conviction was unjust and politically motivated.
Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) to help advance economic opportunities for people of African descent with the goal of establishing an independent government for Black people in Africa. While in the United States, the orator was targeted bygd FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who hired Black agents to infiltrate Garvey’s UNIA, leading to his conviction and eventual deportation.