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Press Release – Frederick Douglass Statue Reinstalled at Aqueduct Park
Immediate Release: October 27, 2021 “No Act of Vandalism Will Ever Tear Down or Destroy Our Respect and Admiration” Frederick Douglass Statue Reinstalled at Aqueduct Park (ROCHESTER, NY--) Today, the statue of Frederick Douglass in Aqueduct Park that was the...
Master Plan for Frederick Douglass Park Revealed
Article reprinted in its entirety from Stardem September 2021 EASTON — Architects unveiled the master plan for the Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe, presenting a grand vision of a towering visitor center, a memorial space, an overlook on the Tuckahoe Creek,...
A Mighty Struggle by Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.
Journal of Appellate Practice and Process By Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. On July 5, 1852, abolitionist Frederick Douglass gave the keynote address at a Rochester, New York, event commemorating the 76th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was...
The Virtual Monuments Project
HITRECORD and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives collaborated on 10 pieces of art to celebrate Black Excellence! In collaboration with HitRecord, we have created 10 “Virtual Monuments” that celebrate Black Excellence, and recognize influential people, places, and...
Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives Discussion with MHS Students – March 3, 2021
Pittsford Central School District’s, Mendon High School Event VIDEO: FDFI was honored to join students, teachers, and administrators from Mendon High School and Pittsford Central School District on a March 3, 2021 online event. We wanted to express our thanks to...
Nettie Washington Douglass’ Remarks at Saint Patrick’s Day Virtual Reception from Embassy of Ireland, USA
VIDEO: Thank you for joining us. On Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17th, the world becomes Irish for a day. Our traditions of music, song, poetry, dance, conversation, and community are celebrated – just about everywhere. This year we cannot gather in person, so we will...
FDFI Chair, Nettie Washington Douglass, joins Vice President Harris to Celebrate the Global Fellows | Dublin
Nettie Washington Douglass and Vice President Harris attend a virtual event alongside H.E. Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland, Celebrating the Frederick Douglass Global Fellows | Dublin.
Empowering Young Black Voices to Effect Social Change
By Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. is the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass and the great-great-grandson of Booker T. Washington. He continues his family’s legacy of anti-slavery and educational work as co-founder and president...
Press Release: Monroe County Students Help Design History
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tiffany Nicholas at (585) 286-9029 tnicholas@fdfi.org Monroe County Students Help Design History (December 2, 2020, Rochester, NY) Fuzzy pictures and mathematical equations can help scientists understand the oldest and most...
Rochester Youth are Invited to Create Portraits of Anna Murray Douglass
To build strong children and to end systems of exploitation and oppression. October 20, 2020 Dear Friend, Authors of the book, Picturing Frederick Douglass, called Douglass the “Most Photographed American of the Nineteenth Century.” Yet, there are only two known...
The Voice of The Future
WINNING BLOG: A Plan For Change by Gladys G.
(Pictured: Gladys G., Age 18, Oklahoma City, OK) I have found myself in a weird position. I am too tired to fight, but I am also enraged by the things going on around me. Lately, my emotions have led me throughout these times of distress, but what happens after this?...
WINNING BLOG: Incarceration, A Symptom of Racism by Konttessa C.
(Pictured: Konttessa C., Age 19, Rochester, NY) Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. – The U.S....
WINNING BLOG: Racism – “A Contagious Virus” by Giovan M.
(Pictured: Giovan M., Age 18, West Henrietta, NY) When we uphold Frederick Douglass’s view that racism is a “moral disorder” instead of just an abstract phenomenon, it becomes easier for us to understand why current, good-intentioned measures to mitigate racial...
WINNING BLOG: Towards a Cure by Bakari W.
(Pictured: Bakari W., Age 21, Washington, D.C.) We can conceptualize the disease of American racism in two ways: as a pandemic affecting a population of individuals, or as a sickness infecting the collective body of the country. These two lenses call for two...
WINNING BLOG: Remedies for Racism Essay by Eamon C.
(Pictured: Eamon C., Age 13, Rochester, NY) “There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - there is the United States of America.” - Barack Obama, 2004 I believe racism is a problem that we must work together to solve. Racism...
Redefining History: A Remedy for Racism – by Xuan-Anh L.B., Age 15, Riverside, CA
When I was in first grade, we made paper plate versions of Christopher Columbus’ face. And every year of elementary school we did the same thing. Christopher Columbus out of toilet paper rolls, Christopher Columbus out of popsicle sticks. Not once did they ever teach...
When Reparations Are Medicine – by Leo P., Age 14, San Leandro, CA
“Disease is cured by the right use of remedies,” Frederick Douglass wrote in “The Color Line.” To heal a disease, we must study its causes, symptoms, and possible treatments. It is necessary to speak of racial inequality and injustice in the language of pathology...
Imagine – by Amanda L., Age 18, Shaker Heights, OH
(Photo from https://iwda.org.au/...) Close your eyes. Imagine a society where children, white, brown, black, Asian, Mexican, LGBTQ, girls, boys, Jewish, Muslim, some with disabilities, some without, play on their school playground together. No bullying, teasing, or...
Racism Remedies from Within the Human Body: The NEED for Healthy Bones – by Alana K., Age 20, Rochester, NY
Photo Courtesy of Jamie Germano – @jgermano1 Cultivating Una Persona Educada: A Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Vision of Education states that “Knowledge is neither exterior nor interior: it is simultaneously exterior and interior.” Meaning, the cure for a disease...
The Pandemic – by Sabrina Y., Age 18, Los Angeles, CA
Rooted prejudice does well to unleash cascades of harm to all those unfortunate enough to be near the splash zone. Racial prejudice is a complex disease to cure. One that’ll take variable time and infinite patience to nurture away. Because that’s where it all began....
On July 4th, 2020, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives hosted a live webcast to discuss ideas to remedy “the disease of racism” in our country. Please click the play button to learn more about Douglass’s famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” and hear from Douglass descendants, young orators, award-winning bloggers, a gospel singer, and young activists. We also hosted the world premiere of a song from the new Douglass musical, American Prophet. Check out the event. We know you will be inspired!
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Press Release – Frederick Douglass Statue Reinstalled at Aqueduct Park
Immediate Release: October 27, 2021 “No Act of Vandalism Will Ever Tear Down or Destroy Our Respect and Admiration” Frederick Douglass Statue Reinstalled at Aqueduct Park (ROCHESTER, NY--) Today, the statue of Frederick Douglass in Aqueduct Park that was the...
Master Plan for Frederick Douglass Park Revealed
Article reprinted in its entirety from Stardem September 2021 EASTON — Architects unveiled the master plan for the Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe, presenting a grand vision of a towering visitor center, a memorial space, an overlook on the Tuckahoe Creek,...
The Virtual Monuments Project
HITRECORD and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives collaborated on 10 pieces of art to celebrate Black Excellence! In collaboration with HitRecord, we have created 10 “Virtual Monuments” that celebrate Black Excellence, and recognize influential people, places, and...
Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives Discussion with MHS Students – March 3, 2021
Pittsford Central School District’s, Mendon High School Event VIDEO: FDFI was honored to join students, teachers, and administrators from Mendon High School and Pittsford Central School District on a March 3, 2021 online event. We wanted to express our thanks to...
Nettie Washington Douglass’ Remarks at Saint Patrick’s Day Virtual Reception from Embassy of Ireland, USA
VIDEO: Thank you for joining us. On Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17th, the world becomes Irish for a day. Our traditions of music, song, poetry, dance, conversation, and community are celebrated – just about everywhere. This year we cannot gather in person, so we will...
FDFI Chair, Nettie Washington Douglass, joins Vice President Harris to Celebrate the Global Fellows | Dublin
Nettie Washington Douglass and Vice President Harris attend a virtual event alongside H.E. Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland, Celebrating the Frederick Douglass Global Fellows | Dublin.
Anna Murray Douglass “Life in Portrait” Contest
Anna Murray Douglass “Life in Portrait” Contest Authors of the book, Picturing Frederick Douglass, called Douglass the “Most Photographed American of the Nineteenth Century.” Yet, there are only two known images of Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick’s wife, and partner...
Empowering Young Black Voices to Effect Social Change
By Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. is the great-great-great-grandson of Frederick Douglass and the great-great-grandson of Booker T. Washington. He continues his family’s legacy of anti-slavery and educational work as co-founder and president...
Press Release: Monroe County Students Help Design History
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tiffany Nicholas at (585) 286-9029 tnicholas@fdfi.org Monroe County Students Help Design History (December 2, 2020, Rochester, NY) Fuzzy pictures and mathematical equations can help scientists understand the oldest and most...
Rochester Youth are Invited to Create Portraits of Anna Murray Douglass
To build strong children and to end systems of exploitation and oppression. October 20, 2020 Dear Friend, Authors of the book, Picturing Frederick Douglass, called Douglass the “Most Photographed American of the Nineteenth Century.” Yet, there are only two known...
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