Frederick Douglass

Trump’s Comment About Frederick Douglass Causes Much Confusion And Debate

... people wonder: Does Trump know who Frederick Douglass is, and does he know that he’s dead. As someone who used to help with English essays, this is 100% code for, "I've got no idea who Frederick Douglass is." __link__/MFM 8 p YAG 4 H. — El Elegante 101 (@skolanach) February 1, 2017. Chelsea Clinton tweeted the entirety of Trump’s remarks and seemed flummoxed. This is.this is. __link__/p 0 Jv 4 CBa 0 q. — Chelsea Clinton (@Chelsea Clinton) February 1, 2017. At the daily press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Sean Spicer about Trump’s comment that Douglass is being recognized “more and more.”. “Do you have any idea what specifically he was referring to?” the reporter asked. “I think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made,” Spicer said. “And I think through a lot of the actions and statements that he’s going to make, I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more.”. Paste pop culture magazine argued that Trump knows his history — and that he doesn’t. “Everything about the quote, including the tenses, makes it sound like Trump sees Douglass as a tireless ...

Nuclear Option, Bad Phone Calls, And Frederick Douglass

... Democrats two out of the at least three Republican votes they would need to block her appointment. In other Cabinet news, Republicans moved aggressively to push through several Trump nominees Wednesday, suspending rules in the Senate Finance Committee to approve Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) for secretary of health and human services and Steven T. Mnuchin for secretary of the treasury without Democrats present. The Senate Judiciary Committee also advanced the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for attorney general. National security adviser Michael Flynn (center) and senior counselor to the president Stephen K. Bannon (right), sit nearby as President Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, in the Oval Office in Washington on Saturday. (European Pressphoto Agency/Pete Marovich). ‘WORST CALL BY FAR’ WITH AUSSIE PM. Trump had quite the call with the prime minister of Australia on Saturday, boasting about his electoral college win, abruptly ending the conversation after only 25 minutes of the allotted hour and calling it “the ...

Ok, So We're Talking About Frederick Douglass Today

... ago. And we can’t be celebrating his birthday because we don’t know Douglass’ birthday — the Maryland plantation owners who pretended they owned Douglass never bothered to record the birthdate of the greatest American of the 19 th century. So what then. Well, it turns out that some speechwriter tossed a reference to Frederick Douglass into remarks for President Trump who then, as he does, decided to ad lib an extended riff on the subject. David A. Graham of The Atlantic* describes the weird spectacle that followed. The president mentioned the great abolitionist, former slave, and suffrage campaigner during a Black History Month event Wednesday morning, but there’s little to indicate that Trump knows anything about his subject, based on the rambling, vacuous commentary he offered. “I am very proud now that we have a museum on the National ...

More And More About Frederick Douglass

... it most. * Recognizing that knowledge was his pathway to freedom at such a tender age. * Teaching himself to read and write and becoming one of the country’s most eloquent spokespersons. * Standing up to his overseer to say that ‘I am a man!’. * Risking life and limb by escaping the abhorrent institution. * Composing the Narrative of his life and helping to expose slavery for the crime against humankind that it is. * Persuading the American public and Abraham Lincoln that we are all equal and deserving of the right to live free. * Establishing the North Star newspaper when there was very little in the way of navigation or hope for the millions of enslaved persons. * Supporting the rights of women when few men of such importance endeavored to do so. * Arguing against unfair U. S. immigration restrictions. * Understanding that racism in America is part of our “diseased imagination,”. * Recruiting his sons—who were born free—to fight in the war to end the enslavement of other African Americans. * Being appointed the first black U. S. Marshal by President Rutherford B. Hayes. * Being appointed U. S. Minister to Haiti by President Benjamin ...

Stallions Dropped As Mascot Of New Frederick Douglass High School

... leaders announced Tuesday night that the mascot of the new Frederick Douglass High School will no longer be the Stallions. The mascot and colors for the new school, which is under construction off Winchester Road, were unveiled Monday. However, Fayette County school leaders say after the unveiling, they received concern from the community about the mascot. A petition had also been started online to change the mascot, claiming it was inappropriate and sexist. "Since the public announcement of the mascot Monday, we have received feedback from some community members who have concerns about the mascot and we want assure our constituents that there was absolutely no intent to offend or upset anyone," Fayette County Schools Superintendent Manny Caulk said in a statement. "We also recognize that there is support from others in our community ...

Frederick Douglass, Patron Saint Of Education

... his well-being to teach it. He wrote of his experience at around the mere age of 16 with a Mr. William Freeland, "what would be called an educated southern gentleman." This man "had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful," but he was also free of "degrading vices" possessed by a previous owner. Freeland's two slaves were named Henry and John Harris, whom Douglass described as "quite intelligent". And from there. I succeeded in creating in them a strong desire to learn how to read. This desire soon sprang up in the others also. They very soon mustered up some old spelling-books, and nothing would do but that I must keep a Sabbath school. I agreed to do so, and accordingly devoted my Sundays to teaching these my loved fellow-slaves how to read. Neither of them knew his letters when I went there. Some of the slaves of the neighboring farms found what was going on, and also availed themselves of this little opportunity to learn to read. It was understood, among all who came, that there must be as little display about it as ...

When Frederick Douglass Met John Brown

... state that Douglass was slated to show up, however.). As Brown awaited the gallows, two of his longtime white abolitionist allies from Boston, Judge Thomas and Nellie Russell, paid him a visit. A half-century later, Nellie told the New York Evening Post that the condemned figurehead had bemoaned the “great opportunity lost” at Harpers Ferry, and claimed, “That we owe to the famous Mr. Frederick Douglass.” And historian Louis A. De Caro Jr reports that Brown’s family was similarly sour about Douglass’s actions. Beginning with his children Anne Brown Adams and John Brown Jr, and continuing for several subsequent generations, the martyred abolitionist’s family felt betrayed by Douglass. For the Northern pro-slavery press in the fall of 1859, there was little doubt about Douglass’s involvement. The New York Herald , the nation’s leading ...

Frederick Douglass In Brooklyn' Bridges Historical Gap

... a new life. In 1845, he published his first autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” which became a best seller in the United States and was translated into several languages. He went on to advise President Abraham Lincoln on the treatment of Black soldiers during the Civil War and continued to work for equality until his death. By the time of his death in 1895, Douglass had lived a diverse career as an orator, writer, publisher, politician, entrepreneur, political activist, counselor to presidents as well as national and international celebrity. Douglass’ capacity for eloquent oratory would help to irreversibly transform America before, during and well after the Civil War years. His controversial speeches resonate in a new found light in “Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn” (Akashic Books; $15.95). Theodore Hamm, the chair of journalism and new media studies at St. Joseph’s College in New York City, has edited a book of original source material that compiles a number of speeches Douglass delivered in the Brooklyn, which until 1898 was an independent ...

During Listening Session With Black Leaders, Trump Blasts Cnn, Calls Frederick Douglass Somebody Who Has Done An Amazing Job

... reported that Trump had removed a bust of King from the Oval Office (the story was later retracted and the reporter apologized). “It turned out that that was fake news from these people,” Trump said, referring to the reporters assembled in the room. “Fake news. The statue is cherished. but they said the statue, the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, was taken out of the office. And it was never even touched. So I think it was a disgrace. But that’s the way the press is, very unfortunate.”. The president’s speech then referred to abolitionist Frederick Douglass as “somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more,” praised Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman for having “made America what it is today,” and praised African-American Trump supporter Paris Dennard for defending the president on TV “in a very hostile CNN community. He’s all by himself. He’ll have seven people and Paris. I’ll take Paris over the seven. But I don’t watch CNN so I don’t get to see you as much. I don’t like watching fake news.”. Later during the session, Trump reiterated his resentment against the media. “A lot of ...

Rochester’s Black Community Had A Deep—and Underrecognized—influence On Frederick Douglass

... their children themselves. Their priority was elevation, namely economic and political progress, but not necessarily within the context of integration with whites. In time, he would embrace those priorities. He was rapidly becoming the most visible black man in Rochester. “Douglass had to locate himself on the right side of the issue of enfranchising black men,” Hudson says. “There was little room in Rochester for a non-voting, black abolitionist.”. The full extent of the city’s influence on Douglass became apparent in 1852. A day after Independence Day, Douglass delivered what has become his best-known speech—“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?—to a packed hall in downtown Rochester. To slaves and free black Americans alike, he told the crowd of more than 500, July Fourth accentuated the failures, rather than the successes, of the Declaration’s vision. “What, to the American slave, is your 4 th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted ...

Jcal Plans 75-unit Affordable Housing Building In Harlem

... shows. The building — between West 128 th and West 129 th streets — would be comprised of a mix of studios through three-bedroom units with prices based on the city’s Extremely Low & Low-Income Affordability (ELLA) program, said Bollinger, characterizing the project as “deep affordability.” Amenities will include a recreation room, bike storage and study room, according to the DOB filing. JCAL, led by Bollinger, Josh Weissman and Neil Weissman, paid $2 million for the site plus an adjacent parcel at 2401 Eighth Avenue in 2016, according to property records. 2395 Fredrick Douglass Boulevard currently houses a supermarket, and Bollinger said JCAL formed a joint venture partnership with the supermarket’s owner. The developers plan to replace the store with a new market under a city program known as FRESH, or Food Retail Expansion to ...