Frederick Douglass

Type: Person

Name: Frederick Douglass

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 1 reports

Congress’s conundrum: Investigate or legislate?

Every week that Congress is in session, The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe previews what’s expected to happen in the House and Senate:Can Congress productively legislate and conduct oversight investigations of a sitting president at the same time? This ... [Published Washington Post - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Ed O'Keefe, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Immigration

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Two Excerpts You Should Read From Obama's Morehouse Speech

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyPresident Obama, on Sunday, delivered a rare, very personal commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male insitution that is the alma mater of the ... [Published NPR - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Ralph Abernathy, Ralph Bunche, Maynard Jackson

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Michelle Obama

Bill Cosby, Vindicated . . . By the Obamas?

( )Cast your mind back about ten years or so to a series of speeches that got Bill Cosby in a lot of trouble, especially his 2004 speech to the NAACP Awards dinner. The Cos took aim at dysfunctions in the black community . . . and he was slammed for ... [Published Power Line - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Bill Cosby, Michelle Obama, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Barack Obama

President Obama Says 'As An African American You Have to Work Twice as Hard' (Video)

Share this with a friendFollow us and never miss a story!President Obama gave a commencement address to the mostly black Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday where he told students "as an African American you have to work twice as hard as anyone ... [Published Opposing Views - 4 hours ago]

Entities: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Weekend Diversion: Against Scientific Racism [Starts With A Bang]

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” -Frederick Douglass I thought we were past this, I really did. Having grown up in New York, having lived ... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Racism, Carl Sagan, Hispanics, Jon Wiener

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Eastman Kodak Company

Road Trip! Destination: Rochester, N.Y., region

Shutting down Main Street in Rochester, N.Y., for a week was less of a problem than it might seem.The closing was done to allow the filming of chase scenes for the upcoming "Spider-Man" sequel, and civic officials "said they were all in," says Don Jeffries, ... [Published Individual.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Susan B Anthony, Eastman Kodak Company, Winemaker, Frederick Douglass

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Cherry Hill High School West

Principal named for next year at Cherry Hill West

Principal Kwame Norton at Joyce Kilmer Elementary in Cherry Hill chats up Connor Owens (left) and Benjamin Manns, both 7. Morton was chosen to take over next year as principal of Cherry Hill High School West. (APRIL SAUL / Staff Photographer)The first ... [Published Philly.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Joyce Kilmer, Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill High School West, Frederick Douglass, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Frederick Douglass Statute Moves One Step Closer to Capitol

The District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue is one step closer to being unveiled in the Capitol now that the Senate has passed a resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for the event. ... [Published Roll Call Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Frederick Douglass

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Glenn Beck: NAACP Is A Joke

Although President Obama condemned the Internal Revenue Service for singling out conservative groups in the months leading up to the 2012 election, former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond called the organization's actions "completely legitimate." And it was ... [Published AOL Black Voices - May 17 2013]

Entities: National Association for the Advancement of Col..., Glenn Beck, Lynching, African-Americans

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Statue Of Fredrick Douglas To Be Placed In...

Rochester N.Y.-Thursday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced that a statue of American hero and Rochester resident, Frederick Douglass, will reside permanently in the U.S. Capitol after a ceremony on June 19thRight now, the statue is in a D.C. government ... [Published 1180 WHAM - May 16 2013]

Entities: Frederick Douglass, Canandaigua (United States), Charles E Schumer

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Statue of Frederick Douglass to be on display at U.S. Capitol

He's an American hero and a Rochester native. And now, Frederick Douglass has found a new home in our nation's Capitol.A bronze statue of the abolitionist will be on permanent display in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol building starting next month. The ... [Published WHEC TV-10 - May 16 2013]

Entities: Frederick Douglass, United States, Charles E Schumer

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

All-boys school has value

Michigan has 17 all-male high schools, serving 5,227 students, but Frederick Douglass Academy in Detroit is the only free all boys school in the state, according to privateschoolreview.com.Frederick Douglass, which serves grades six through 12, is part ... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Academy, Justin Jackson, University of Detroit, Detroit Public Schools

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