A product of Russell High School in northeastern Kentucky and Marshall University in West Virginia, Nathan McPeek had only heard through the grapevine about the reputation of high school football in ...

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. The way Frederick Douglass ...

The Rebels, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A by the media and No. 4 in this week’s statewide Herald-Leader Hype 25, have won three of the four meetings with Class 6A’s No. 5 Broncos (H-L No. 10), including ...

This Valentine’s Day, ESSENCE wants to make sure that you’re also celebrating the birthday of abolitionist icon Frederick Douglass. “Like many of those born into slavery, Frederick Douglass had no ...

Frederick Douglass wrote that teaching a man how to read makes him forever unfit for slavery. As civil war loomed, he aligned first with the Liberty Party, then threw weight behind the Republicans, ...