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Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Eastern

Location: ONLINE (link available on our website closer to the event)

Participants:

• Moderator: Dr Hannah-Rose Murray (University of Suffolk)

• Prof Celeste-Marie Bernier (Professor of United States and Atlantic Studies in Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

• Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. (Great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass)

Description: In this fifth iteration of our Douglass Dialogues conversation about the Douglass family, Douglass descendant Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. (great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass, Co-Founder and President of Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI)), Douglass family historian and writer, Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier (Professor of United States and Atlantic Studies in Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Dr Hannah-Rose Murray (University of Suffolk) will discuss facts and stories revealed through Bernier’s extensive research into the lives of the Douglass family, specifically Anna Murray Douglass, who was the central and unifying figure, an equal partner to her husband and their five extraordinary children.

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern

Location: In-person in ROCHESTER, NY, and online (hybrid event)

Participants: 

• Niamh Mc Dade Clay (Susan B. Anthony Museum in Rochester, NY)

Description: Frederick Douglass's legacy as an abolitionist is well known, but his work as a suffragist is often overlooked. Join us as we explore his role in the fight for women's voting rights and his complex relationships with some of the movement's most prominent figures. This presentation will cover his involvement in the Seneca Falls Convention, his work with Susan B. Anthony and Ida B. Wells and the rifts and reconciliations that defined his lifelong commitment to equality. We will delve into the strategic disagreements, personal bonds and enduring legacies of these remarkable partnerships that helped shape the suffrage movement.  

NOTE: Visit the Susan B. Anthony Museum website for more information on admission and registration: https://susanb.org/event/douglassweek2025/

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Time: 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern

Location: ONLINE (link available on our website closer to the event)

Participants:

• Latisha Jones, playwright, actress, arts administrator (Washington, DC)

• Dr Caroline Dunham-Schroeter, President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team

• Kristin Leary, Vice President of The Globe Lane Initiative/#DouglassWeek team

Description: This conversation with playwright Latisha Jones explores her new work “The Rescue Trial”, a play that brings to life the story of Rosetta Douglass—daughter of Frederick Douglass—and Boston abolitionist Lewis Hayden during the turbulent years of the Fugitive Slave Act. Jones will discuss her inspiration, creative process and the historical research that shaped the play as well as broader themes of justice, power and legacy. Together with the #DouglassWeek team she will reflect on the play’s contemporary resonance and the ways art can illuminate connections between past and present struggles for freedom.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, our “Guided Walking Tour of Boston’s Black Heritage Trail”, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed.

We encourage you instead to take a self-guided walk along the trail at your own pace. Maps and resources are available online, e.g. check the National Park Service website.

We apologize for the change, and thank you for your understanding. We hope you’ll still take the opportunity to experience this important history as part of #DouglassWeek 2025, and please check in for updates!

We will let you know here on social media, when we can do this walking tour!

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Location:

• Start point: Massachusetts 54th Regiment memorial at the Boston Common

•  Ending point: Museum of African American History, Joy Street

No registration required.

This free, ranger-led 90 min walking tour will explore the powerful stories, places and people that shaped Boston’s free Black community on the north slope of Beacon Hill.

“The Black Heritage Trail® showcases residences and community buildings associated with a Black community that thrived on, and near, the north slope of Beacon Hill before, during, and after the American Civil War. Throughout that time, this community struggled and organized for equal rights and access to equal education. Community members championed the movement to abolish slavery and even housed freedom seekers on their journey along the Underground Railroad.”