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Frederick Douglass

Douglass Damned Its Inherent Hypocrisy, but July 4th Has Many…

Monday, July 4, 2022 at 11:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I am referring, of course, to Frederick Douglass. Because one could substitute the word “Black” for “Slave” in “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” – the famous speech he delivered on July 5, 1852, and it would still resonate. Douglass decried the myriad ways America’s treatment of black folks made a mockery… Read more.

Frederick Douglass Is the ‘Greatest Figure America Has Ever Produced’

Monday, October 15, 2018 at 7:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have been making this claim for decades. It’s based primarily on the fact that Frederick Douglass personified both the contradictions and promises that define America’s founding documents. And he did so like nobody else has or ever could. Unfortunately, even black historians have been so indoctrinated with white historiography, they invariably try to qualify my… Read more.

African American Museum Paying Trumpian Tribute to Oprah. Shame!

Monday, June 11, 2018 at 7:13 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I could not have been prouder when the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in September 2016 on the hallowed Mall in Washington, DC. That it opened under the auspices of the first black president of the United States made the occasion seem providential. In fact, I was so proud, I became… Read more.