A former Pentagon official has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for taking part in a multistate dogfighting ring and for fatally electrocuting the dogs that lost. Frederick Douglass ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --The Justice Department said Friday former Department of Defense Deputy Chief Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr. has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for participating in a ...

Kenneth Morris Jr. is one of Frederick Douglass' ancestors. The D.C. native is reflecting on American progress as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.(Courtesy Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives ...

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans, ...