Frederick Douglass: “I have shown that those who accuse him dare not confront him in a court of law and have their witnesses subjected to…”

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

He was called upon not merely to administer the government, but to decide, in the face of terrible odds, the fate of the Republic.

The day we celebrate is preëminently the colored man’s day.

True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.