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Teaching Dissent: Summer Humanities Institute Returns to UMD

The daylong program is designed for teachers, scholars and community leaders.

February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

November 01, 2024 Douglass Center

In the Footsteps of Freedom: Kenneth B. Morris Works to Honor Legacy of Ancestors Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington

Morris is the inaugural speaker for the Douglass Center’s Lessons in Leadership series.

September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.

April 25, 2024 Douglass Center

Celebrated Poet, Activist and Educator Headlines Launch of UMD's Frederick Douglass Center

The acclaimed poet joined the University of Maryland community to discuss her work and the importance of the humanities in shaping social change.

April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.

November 23, 2015

Frederick Douglass Square Dedicated On Wednesday, November 18, 2015

“Our destiny is largely in our hands.”Frederick Douglass

November 23, 2015

Message From The Dean: Video Celebrating Frederick Douglass

The University of Maryland celebrated the legacy and life of abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass.

November 18, 2015

Frederick Douglass Statue Revealed At College Park Campus

As activists call for social justice on the nation’s college campuses, the University of Maryland, College Park has set aside a place designed for “reflection and agitation.”