Teaching Dissent: Summer Humanities Institute Returns to UMD
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Teaching Dissent: Summer Humanities Institute Returns to UMD
June 10, 2026The daylong program is designed for teachers, scholars and community leaders.
At Douglass Center Talk, Influential Civil Rights Lawyer Urges Audience to ‘Reimagine Next Iteration of This Democracy’
November 13, 2025Sherrilyn Ifill argued the 14th Amendment provides a template to reimagine democracy
Douglass Center Announces 2025-26 Public Engagement Fellows
September 23, 2025Projects led by ARHU faculty and graduate students address issues of migration, community building and climate action
New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership
February 03, 2025Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.
In the Footsteps of Freedom: Kenneth B. Morris Works to Honor Legacy of Ancestors Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington
November 01, 2024Morris is the inaugural speaker for the Douglass Center’s Lessons in Leadership series.
Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools
September 03, 2024The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
Celebrated Poet, Activist and Educator Headlines Launch of UMD's Frederick Douglass Center
April 25, 2024The acclaimed poet joined the University of Maryland community to discuss her work and the importance of the humanities in shaping social change.
Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center
April 08, 2024The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.