Frederick Douglass

A new pedagogical approach taken at Frostburg State University uses role playing games to explore the deeper issues surrounding slavery. This ‘Reacting to the Past’ workshop, titled “Frederick Douglass, Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Constitution: a 1845 Workshop” was supported through a Maryland Humanities Council major grant. Dr. Shoshana Brassfield from Frostburg State University speaks with Dr. Mark Higbee of Eastern Michigan University, who leads the workshop, about this unique approach.

Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in Maryland to become the most influential black American of the 19th century, lived the last two decades of his life in Washington, D.C., became active in local politics, continued to crusade for civil rights, and married a white woman. Journalist and author John Muller tackles this part of the legendary orator’s life in "Frederick Douglass In Washington, D.C. the Lion of Anacostia."