The hospital, which is slated to open in December of 2024, is D.C.’s second public project to be named after Frederick Douglass.

It’s part of the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill yesterday that would establish a commission to honor Frederick Douglass’s bicentennial birthday in 2018.

The District finally got some representation in the U.S. Capitol. Well, at least in the building’s collection of statues, when the sculpture of the early civil rights leader Frederick Douglass was unveiled.

At long last, the District will finally have some representation in another part of the U.S. Capitol.

A statue of Frederick Douglass commissioned by D.C. will soon be moved to the U.S. Capitol.

More than a century before Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the United States of America, Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent black men of the 19th century, jotted down his thoughts on being president.

Local journalist John Muller has just published a book detailing the life and times of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass as he lived and worked in Washington.

Bigwig Digs shows the area homes where famous-for-D.C. and just plain famous people used to live.

It’s certainly a win for D.C. that the Frederick Douglass statue is moving to the U.S. Capitol, but his historic advocacy for D.C. suffrage should not be forgotten.