Frederick Douglass

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

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Kathleen Battle sings spirituals at UCLA's Royce Hall

2012-01-22 16:36:31

<![CDATA[Kathleen Battle sings spirituals at UCLA's Royce Hall]]>

Patt Morrison Asks: Connie Rice

2011-12-24 00:00:00

Connie Rice was 13 and her father was a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base when the family drove from the high desert to church at First AME in L.A. She saw the city's ghastly gray air and said to herself, "Well, I'll never live here." Not only has...

President Obama supports black colleges and universities

2010-09-13 16:36:34

It Speaks to Me: Kristen Morgin on Thurgood Marshall wax figure at Oran Z’s Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum

2011-02-23 16:33:01

Book reviews: Two Civil War anthologies

2011-04-10 00:00:00

Hearts Touched by Fire The Best of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Edited by Harold Holzer Modern Library: 1,264 pp., $38 The Civil War The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears and Aaron Sheehan-...

Book review: 'Decision Points' by George W. Bush

2010-11-10 00:00:00

The first great American autobiographies both appeared in the 19th century, were born of conflict and written by public men — "The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" and "The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant." Since then, what we might...

Book reviews: 'Preaching With Sacred Fire' and 'The Anthology of Rap'

2010-12-26 00:00:00

Preaching With Sacred Fire An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present Edited by Martha Simmons and Frank A. Thomas W.W. Norton: 976 pp., $45 The Anthology of Rap Edited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois Yale University Press:...

'The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama' by David Remnick

2010-03-28 00:00:00

On Oct. 9, 2009, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs woke up at dawn and received startling news from Oslo. President Obama, only 48, had just received the Nobel Peace Prize. Usually, this most prestigious of awards honors lifetime accomplishment...

A night of awe for L.A.'s youth orchestra

2009-10-02 16:32:39

The lure of writers' houses

2010-07-14 16:35:11

Whoa dude, it's the Grateful Dead with Washington and Lincoln

2010-03-05 16:32:53

Once in awhile, we take time to re-evaluate our eco-friendliness. This annual event from Baltimore Green Works (ticket revenue helps underwrite the group's Sustainable Speaker Series) always puts us in check. Plus, there's creative local food and live music. 7 p.m. Friday.

2012-03-12 15:15:00

"Going to live at Baltimore laid the foundation, and opened the gateway, to all my subsequent prosperity." -- Frederick Douglass, abolitionist

2012-02-16 09:11:35

This could be a big one but we don't have much more to go now than the super cool logo.

2011-10-22 16:26:28