Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. Wikipedia – George K. Warren. (National Archives Gift Collection)
On the first day of Black History Month, Google is honoring the great African American writer, social reformer and thinker Frederick Douglass with a Doodle.
Born a slave in 1818 in Maryland, Douglass escaped to freedom at the age of 20 and became a leader of the abolition movement, using his skills as an orator and statesman to move others to his cause. Douglass died of a massive heart attack or stroke on February 20, 1895.
“At a time when many argued that slaves did not possess the intellectual capacity to be educated, Douglass stood as stark evidence of enslaved people’s potential,” Gilder Lehman Institute director Sandra Trenholm wrote.
Here are five facts you need to know about him:
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