by Molly Wicker | Aug 30, 2017 | #InContext
By: MOLLY WICKER Scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, but his life and legacy extended far beyond the confines of the Deep South. As a child, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, better known as W.E.B. Du...
by Sarah Cramer | Aug 2, 2017 | #InContext
By: SARAH CRAMER Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. At a young age, Parks’ parents separated. She and her mother moved in with her mother’s parents, who were former slaves. From a young age, she witnessed her family serve as leading...
by Takim Williams | May 31, 2017 | #InContext
In ancient Rome, slavery was common, and running away from your owner was punishable by death. A man named Onesimus did just that in the first century AD when he escaped from his master, Philemon. He managed to travel hundreds of miles from the city of Colossae...
by Kelli Ross | May 7, 2017 | Douglass Fellows, Our Stories, U.S. Updates
McLean, Virginia – The Human Trafficking Institute is launching its Douglass Fellows program, inspired by Frederick Douglass’s commitment to freedom, education, law enforcement, and advocacy. This program will provide an opportunity for law students and exceptional...
by Takim Williams | Apr 26, 2017 | #InContext
By: TAKIM WILLIAMS Frederick Douglass was a well-respected abolitionist, social activist, orator, and statesman. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, his story is one of overcoming oppression in order to pave the way for others to do the same. All three of his...