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CIEE Frederick Douglass Global Fellows Attend Unveiling of Frederick Douglass Statue in Belfast

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 cohort of Frederick Douglass Global Fellows were honored guests at the unveiling this week of the Frederick Douglass statue commissioned by the Belfast City Council and the Department for Communities and created by sculptors Alan Beattie Herriot and Hector Guest. Located in Belfast city center, the statue is the first in all of Europe to honor the American abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass.

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  • Located in Belfast city center, the statue is the first in all of Europe to honor the American abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass.
  • Two Frederick Douglass Global Fellows, Akil Cole from Georgetown University and Florence Onyiuke from University of Pennsylvania, spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Belfast City Council that took place after the unveiling ceremony.
  • At the unveiling, Belfast Lord Mayor Councillor Ryan Murphy said he was honored to be involved in recognizing Frederick Douglass' impact on Belfast.
  • "The Frederick Douglass Global Fellows are tomorrow's leaders and I'm glad they were here to celebrate the global impact of this historic leader in the campaign for social justice," said James P. Pellow, President and CEO of CIEE.

FOREFRONT BOOKS AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS FAMILY INITIATIVES JOIN FORCES FOR PUBLISHING IMPRINT

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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Forefront Books and the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives have announced a new joint publishing imprint. The Frederick Douglass Books publishing imprint is an effort to establish a pathway for Black and Brown authors to write and publish a professional book with distribution into traditional retailers.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Forefront Books and the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives have announced a new joint publishing imprint.
  • "The Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives is the perfect partner with no greater legacy on which to build.
  • "My great-great-great-grandfather, Frederick Douglass, published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, in 1845.
  • Co-founded by direct descendants of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, FDFI is headquartered in Rochester, NY a place Frederick Douglass once called home.

UNCF Launches the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program for Students Attending HBCUs

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Thursday, September 27, 2018
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In commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass, a scholarship program was launched today in support of students attending accredited historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) nationwide.

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  • In commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass, a scholarship program was launched today in support of students attending accredited historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) nationwide.
  • The Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program was established by New York City native Tony Signore, whose knowledge, respect and deep admiration for Douglass was instilled in him more than 35 years ago by the Jesuits at Fordham University.
  • It is the first ever Frederick Douglass scholarship aligned exclusively with accredited, four-year public and private HBCUs across the country.
  • Douglass wrote three autobiographies, with his first and best-known, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845.