Let’s draw on the defiant wisdom of Frederick Douglass as Trump carries out a blitzkrieg against democracy in the US.

It is painfully clear that President Donald Trump is attempting to whitewash America’s past. He is glossing over the worst chapters of our history and once again relegating certain Americans — meaning Americans who do not look and think like him — to minor roles.

President Donald Trump pledged to feature several Black historical figures and icons, including Kobe Bryant, Harriet Tubman, and Martin Luther King Jr., in his proposed National Garden of American Heroes.

Each year, Danville’s Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church hosts the banquet to commemorate the legacies of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Luther King, Jr. in their efforts to help extend ...