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Douglass
Douglass may refer to: Surname * Douglass (surname) * Douglass family, family of Frederick Douglass ** Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), noted abolitionist Given name *Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), Canadian actor in early Hollywood *Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologist and physician * Douglass Morse Howell (1906 – 1994), American papermaker and artist * Douglass Lubahn (1947–2019), rock bassist *Douglass Montgomery (1907–1966), American actor *Douglass North (1920–2015), American economist and Nobel Prize laureate *Douglass Wallop (1920–1985), American novelist and playwright * Douglass Watson (1921–1989), American actor Places In the United States: * Douglass, Kansas * Douglass (Memphis), a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee * Douglass, Texas * Douglass (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. * Douglass Township (other) Elsewhere: * Mount Douglass, Antarctica * Douglass (lunar crater), named after A. E. Douglass * Douglass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American Civil rights movement (1865–1896), civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York (state), New York and gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved people lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Northern United States, Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been enslaved. It was in response to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass, Kansas
Douglass is a city in Butler County, Kansas, Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,555. History 19th century The first settlement was made at Douglass in 1869. Douglass is named for its founder, Joseph W. Douglass, a storeowner who was fatally shot at the town site in 1873 while apprehending a suspected chicken thief. Douglass was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1879. In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence, Kansas, Florence to El Dorado, Kansas, El Dorado, in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City, Kansas, Arkansas City. The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942. The original branch line connected Florence, Burns, Kansas, Burns, De Graff, Kansas, De Graff, El Dorado, Augusta, Kansas, Augusta, Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass Family
The Douglass family is a prominent American family originating from Cordova, Maryland, United States. It was founded by the politician and activist Frederick Douglass. History Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, Frederick Douglass assumed the surname from the poem '' The Lady of the Lake'' (1810) by Sir Walter Scott after his escape from slavery to hide from his former master. He did this as a result of the proposal of a friend. As he explains in his first autobiography: His family would later go on to become a part of the African-American upper class, continuing to provide leadership and intermarrying with descendants of the African-American educationist and political kingmaker Booker T. Washington. Members in selection *Frederick Douglass (c.1818–1895), statesman, writer *Anna Murray Douglass (1813–1882) abolitionist, first wife of Frederick Douglass ** Rosetta Douglass-Sprague (1839–1906), teacher and activist ***Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry (1872–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass (surname)
Douglass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Douglass (before 1849 – c. 1907), American whaler * A. E. Douglass (1867–1962), American astronomer * Astyanax Douglass (1897–1975), Major League Baseball catcher for the Cincinnati Reds * Bill Douglass (1923–1994), American jazz drummer * Bobby Douglass (born 1947), American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears * Brooks Douglass (1963–2020), American lawyer, politician, and actor * Charles Douglass (1910–2003), American sound engineer, credited as the inventor of the laugh track * Charles Remond Douglass (1844–1920), African-American clerk and soldier * Dale Douglass (1936–2022), American professional golfer * David Douglass (physicist), American physicist * David Douglass (actor), David Douglass (1720–1786), British-American stage actor and theatre manager * David John Douglass, British trade unionist, political activist and writer * Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Dorothea Lambert Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass (Washington, D
Douglass may refer to: Surname * Douglass (surname) * Douglass family, family of Frederick Douglass ** Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), noted abolitionist Given name *Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), Canadian actor in early Hollywood * Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologist and physician * Douglass Morse Howell (1906 – 1994), American papermaker and artist * Douglass Lubahn (1947–2019), rock bassist * Douglass Montgomery (1907–1966), American actor *Douglass North (1920–2015), American economist and Nobel Prize laureate * Douglass Wallop (1920–1985), American novelist and playwright * Douglass Watson (1921–1989), American actor Places In the United States: * Douglass, Kansas * Douglass (Memphis), a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee * Douglass, Texas * Douglass (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. * Douglass Township (other) Elsewhere: * Mount Douglass, Antarctica * Douglass (lunar crater), named after A. E. Douglass * Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass Theatre
The Douglass Theatre is a theatre in Macon, Georgia. It was founded in 1921 by Charles Henry Douglass, an African-American entrepreneur who was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. Ben Stein owned and managed the theater in 1928. According to the Douglass Theatre website, the Douglass was a part of the Theater Owners Booking Association – a chain of 40 theatres that served as an agency for many African American artists and performers. The theatre remained in operation until the 1970s. It was dormant for many years before being saved from demolition in the 1990s by a community group that became the non-profit "Friends of the Douglass Theatre". A major renovation added central heating and air throughout the complex. State of the art stage lighting, sound and cinema equipment (including 35mm and 70 mm film formats with digital surround sound) were also added. New seating was installed and a portion of the first level was conver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass School (other)
Douglass School may refer to: * Douglass School (Lexington, Kentucky), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Kentucky * Douglass School (Lawton, Oklahoma), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma * Douglass School (Bristol, Virginia), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bristol, Virginia * Douglass School (Key West) See also * Douglass High School (other) * Douglas School {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass House (other)
Douglass House may refer to: * James S. and Melquides E. Douglass House, Florence, Arizona, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Pinal County, Arizona * Douglass Summer House, Highland Beach, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Anne Arundel County, Maryland * Alfred Douglass House, Brookline, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Norfolk County, Massachusetts * Douglass House (Houghton, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Houghton County, Michigan * Robert L. Douglass House, Fallon, Nevada, listed on the NRHP in Churchill County, Nevada * Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey), listed on the NRHP in Mercer County, New Jersey * John Douglass House, Kirkwood, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania * Douglass-Reams House, Franklin, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Williamson County, Tennessee * Douglass-Clark House, Gallatin, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Sumner County, Tennessee * Samuel Douglass House, Payson, Utah, listed on the NRHP in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass Residential College (Rutgers University)
Douglass Residential College is a non-degree-granting program established in 2007 and open to Rutgers undergraduates at any of the degree-granting schools of Rutgers University-New Brunswick. It replaced the liberal arts degree-granting Douglass College which had been opened in 1918. Douglass, originally named New Jersey College for Women, was renamed in 1955 after its founder and first dean, Mabel Smith Douglass. The degree-granting liberal arts Douglass College closed after it was merged with the other undergraduate colleges at Rutgers-New Brunswick in 2007. The non-degree-granting, optional, supplementary program called "Douglass Residential College" that replaced it is open to students at any of the degree-granting schools of Rutgers-New Brunswick. Deans * Mabel Smith Douglass (1918–1932): A graduate of Barnard College, Mabel Smith Douglass was a leader of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs. * Margaret Trumbull Corwin (1934–1955): A graduate of Bryn Mawr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass (Martian Crater)
Douglass may refer to: Surname * Douglass (surname) * Douglass family, family of Frederick Douglass ** Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), noted abolitionist Given name *Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), Canadian actor in early Hollywood * Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologist and physician * Douglass Morse Howell (1906 – 1994), American papermaker and artist * Douglass Lubahn (1947–2019), rock bassist * Douglass Montgomery (1907–1966), American actor *Douglass North (1920–2015), American economist and Nobel Prize laureate * Douglass Wallop (1920–1985), American novelist and playwright * Douglass Watson (1921–1989), American actor Places In the United States: * Douglass, Kansas * Douglass (Memphis), a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee * Douglass, Texas * Douglass (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. * Douglass Township (other) Elsewhere: * Mount Douglass, Antarctica * Douglass (lunar crater), named after A. E. Douglass * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass (lunar Crater)
Douglass is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the crater Frost (crater), Frost and south-southwest of the large walled plain Landau (crater), Landau. The western rim has been shaped by several interior impacts, most notably the remnant of a crater that cuts an outward notch in the northwestern rim. The southeastern rim of this interior crater is now little more than a low rise across the floor of Douglass. Another impact along the southern side has produced a smaller outward bulge and a portion of the rim forms a ridge protruding into the interior floor. Smaller craters lie along the northeastern rim. The remainder of the rim is worn and rounded, and the interior floor is otherwise level and featureless. Prior to formal naming by the International Astronomical Union, IAU in 1970, Douglass was called ''Crater 162''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Douglass
Sarnoff Mountains () is a range of mountains, long and wide separating the west-flowing Boyd Glacier and Arthur Glacier in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Sarnoff Mountains are in the Ford Ranges. They run in a northwest direction between Boyd Glacier to the southwest and Arthur Glacier to the north. Features include, from northwest to southeast, Walgreen Peak, The Billboard, Mount Rea, Mount Dolber, Mount Cooper, Mount Blades, Bailey Ridge, Asman Ridge, Mount Byrd, Mount Gonzáles, Mount McClung, Fleming Peaks and Mount Crow. Nearby features on the west side of Boyd Glacier include Mount Woodward, Mount Kohler and Mount Douglass. Nearby features to the north include Rea Rocks, Mount Warner and Andrews Peaks. Discovery and name The west end of the range was discovered and roughly plotted from photographs taken by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE; 1928–30) on the flight of December 5, 1929. The range was mapped in greater detail by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
