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The descendant of two of the most iconic civil rights advocates in American history was front and center of a discussion hosted on-Island this past week. Last Thursday the Union Chapel hosted Kenneth ...
Owen D. Corpin will deliver parts of Douglass’ Fifth of July speech on Saturday, July 5 at 2 p.m. at the Peterboro United ...
In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...
The City of Rochester announced today that it will be hosting its second annual Frederick Douglass HBCU Football Classic in ...
The Bailey-Groce Family Foundation is hosting its 2nd annual Unity Day Crab Fest this Saturday, June 28th. This morning, Tarence Bailey Sr., their president and also the 5-time nephew of Frederick ...
The second annual Frederick Douglass HBCU Football Classic is coming back to Rochester. This year’s match-up will be between the Central State University Marauders ...
In June, guests at Heritage State Park will be able to hear the words of Frederick Douglass, learn more about Fall River's rich Indigenous and textile histories, and follow along on America's road ...
Plans were unveiled for the Frederick Douglass Historically Black Colleges and Universities Football Classic. This year’s ...
HBCU football returns to New York as Central State faces Lane College in Rochester’s Frederick Douglass Classic, part of a ...
The Westhampton Public Library will hold Lounging for Literacy II on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., an event they describe ...
A community engagement session took place in Rochester Monday for a proposed historic byway. The “Harriet Tubman Underground ...