The people gathered in St. Mary’s Guild Hall listened to Douglass with rapt attention. Unlike some of his prior speeches,…
150 Years of Black Lives Matter
Coventry and the Midlands has a long history connected them to the Civil Rights Movement. The area has produced its…
Context
It is impossible to tell the story of either the United Kingdom or the United States without exploring the history…
St. Mary’s Guild Hall Speech
On February 2nd, 1847, Frederick Douglass gave an anti-slavery lecture at St. Mary’s Guild Hall in Coventry. A detailed summary…
Black Resistance in the Atlantic World – Online Exhibition with Audio Guide
The story of slavery is not a story of suppression. It is the story of people resisting oppression, standing up…