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Tune in for a short video made by Billy Chalton, age 7, about Frederick Douglass and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

1 hour

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Mark Doherty and Dr. Tom Thorpe, founders of the Anti-Slavery Belfast tour, lead participants through the lesser known history of Belfast’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade and the city’s valiant role as a hotspot of abolitionist activism from the late 18th century to the mid-Victorian era.

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Join us at Kelsey’s Landing rowboat in the Rochester Museum & Science Center for a Douglass-themed story hour as we read Frederick’s Journey by Doreen Rappaport and explore other speeches and writings from members of the Douglass family.

Note: This event is free, but paid admission to the RSMC is required to attend. General admission is $18; information on available discounts is here.

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Join us at the Rochester Museum & Science Center for a guided tour of this exhibit about the Douglass’ historic South Avenue home. You’ll explore primary source documents, heirlooms and artifacts, and learn how this legendary family was instrumental in everything from the abolition of slavery to women’s suffrage to the desegregation of the Rochester City School District.

Note: This event is free, but paid admission to the RSMC is required to attend. General admission is $18; information on available discounts is here.

1 hour

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Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., great-great-great grandson of Frederick and Anna Douglass and Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier (University of Edinburgh) hold a conversation providing response and contemplation about facts and stories revealed through Bernier’s extensive research into the lives of the Douglass grandchildren. This is the third conversation in a series between Bernier and Morris about the Douglass women and the Douglass sons. The two prior conversations, which took place during #DW22, are available on our YouTube channel.

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Explore how the ideas and deeds of Frederick Douglass were remembered and reinvoked in the Pan-African Movement with Dr. Jesse Olsavsky (Duke Kunshan University). Because Douglass opposed the expatriation of African Americans "back to Africa," it is often presumed that Douglass had no interest in Africa, had minimal criticism of colonialism, and thus was not a source of inspiration for later generations of activists outside the US who fought against the new forms of worldwide colonialism that had emerged after abolition. This was far from the case. Men and women from West Africa, the West Indies, and the US quoted from Douglass's writings, wrote biographies about him, organized commemorations, and saw him as a precursor to the struggle for African unity and self-determination long after abolition.

Location: Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives, 140 East Main St, Rochester, NY