We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...

The Fourth of July – or, as my brother always reminds me, Independence Day – has come and gone, but seeing as how it fell on a Friday, I’m pretty ...

Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852. Fellow-citizens, pardon ...

Mona, AKA "Don't Call Me White Girl" broke the internet with her viral quips, but she wants us to know she's much more than a social media star.

From sea to shining sea, music has defined how Americans see themselves -- and their country. On the Fourth of July, these ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – ...