Honorable and Impressionable feels it is our duty as an educational research company to highlight, acknowledge and showcase African American men and women who may not always be fully and properly recognized in elementary, middle and high school Social Studies textbooks across the U.S.A. Frederick Douglass is such an American who deserves to be spoken about in the highest form of esteem when speaking about men of distintion, truth and honor. Born as a slave in 1818, however, by the time of his death in 1895, Frederick Douglass was already an abolitionist, orator, writer, publisher, statesman and one of the most famous black men in the world and today, he is the most recognizable African American figure in this country's history. We have dedicated a page to the honorable Frederick Douglass in appreciation of his hard work, sacrifice and tireless efforts to lobby for the rights of Africans and African Americans in the antebellum South and the world at large since his death in 1895. Because of his tireless work and activism for human and civil rights his name shall live on forever!
New York City is not the only city to have a Frederick Douglass Boulevard street signs guiding its streets for blocks and blocks, there are quite of few U.S. cities that have them. Ironically, during the 1800's he guided so many African Americans towards truth, knowledge, wisdom and understanding in their quest for freedom that it is only right that today street signs bearing his name guides and directs pedestrians and drivers alike from city to city towards their daily destinations. When you're on the right side of history and do extraordinary things your name can live forever!
A Visit to the estate of Frederick Douglass in Washington D.C.
The estate called Cedar Hill is where Frederick Douglass built his house viewed in all of its splendor and grace.
Our Director made a trip to D.C. to visit the national historical site and took pictures in and around the property of Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass' estate, Cedar Hill, is a national historic site located in Washington D.C. Frederick Douglass lived there from 1877 until his death in 1895.
Views from the base of the estate's grounds.
The street view from atop of the estate grounds.
Mr. Douglass' home judged by todays standards would be very nice and comfortable place to live.
Of course there would be an library in Mr Douglass' home! He was a man who highly valued education and obviously an avid reader and erudite scholar. Remember, he taught himself to read and write when he was a young boy so why wouldn't books be a key part of his life.
These are the very long steps leading to the entrance of the estate of Frederick Douglass which sits on top of a 50-foot hill surrounded by 8 acres of land.
The view of the Capitol building visible from the hilltop of the estate of Frederick Douglass.
This is one of the original pieces of furniture that Mr. Douglass owned.
One can tell Frederick Douglass like art and decor.
Picture of his dining room which is decorated very nicely.
The main bedroom of Frederick Douglass and his second wife Helen Pitts Douglass shared together.
In the back of his main house Douglass built a very small brick house he called the Growlery, which he could go and use to read, write and think by himself.
Frederick Douglass's famous quotes
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." "I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs." "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground." "America is false to the past, false to the present ,and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future." "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, trustful and virtuous." "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." "Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." "The soul that is within me no man can degrade." "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false and to incur my own abhorrence." "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." "The White man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery" "It is easier to build strong men than repair broken ones"
The first statue in the United States to memorialize, commemorate and honor an African-American of such dignity and esteem was Frederick Douglass. Douglass was also the most photography person of the 1800's as well. The historic significance of Frederick Douglass has been recognized and replicated on college campuses, federal government and state municipal buildings, town squares, historic districts and landmark locations in various cities and towns throughout the United States. Honorable and Impressionable has highlighted several examples of the many erected structures in his honor to commemorate the importance and to acknowledge, in the United States, the remarkable, extraordinary, and exceptional life of the late, great Frederick Douglass.
Lincoln University and Frederick Douglass
Lincoln University, the first Historically Black College & University to grant degrees to African Americans, is one example of HBCU's honoring and featuring the importance and prominence of the great Frederick Douglass. Lincoln University erected a statue in his honor in 1989 which was donated by Lincoln alumni; moreover, another honor Lincoln bestowed to Mr. Douglass was to name an all male upperclassmen residence hall completed in 1968 in his honor.
Frederick Douglass statue at Lincoln University
University of Maryland and Frederick Douglass
The University of Maryland dedicated and erected a public square and statue in Hornbake Plaza on campus to honor Frederick Douglass in 2015.
A monument dedicated to Frederick Douglass was presented at West Chester University
Morgan State and Frederick Douglass
In 1956 a memorial statue of Frederick Douglass was completed and unveiled on campus by an associate professor and artist James E. Lewis in front of Holmes Hall.
The Capitol building and Frederick Douglass
In 2013 a statue of Frederick Douglass was dedicated and placed inside the halls of Congress with the Capitol building
Abolitionist, lecturer and orator, the late, great Frederick Douglass's statue being unveiled inside the halls of the Capitol building by former Vice-President Joe Biden.
A monument dedicated to Frederick Douglass in Denver, Colorado
Frederick Douglass stands high and tall in New York City.
Frederick Douglass stands high in Highland Park, Rochester, NY.
A big bust of Frederick Douglass in downtown Baltimore, Maryland
Statue of Frederick Douglass at FDNHS in Washington D.C.
Frederick Douglass honored in our nation's capital
Monument of Frederick Douglass in Easton, Maryland