April 14th, 1865. The war was over. The streets of Washington, D.C. buzzed with celebration, gas lamps flickering in the warm spring air as people clutched at the promise of peace. But in the shadows, a different fire burned. At Ford’s Theatre, […]

Frederick Douglass: The Voice That Echoes Through Fact and FictionFrederick Douglass remains one of the most powerful voices of resistance and reform in American history. Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Douglass escaped bondage to become a fiery abolitionist, a gifted […]