Editing Frederick Douglass (section)

===Painting===
* In 1938–39, African-American artist [[Jacob Lawrence]] created ''The Frederick Douglass'' series of narrative paintings. They were part of the historical series started by Lawrence in 1937, which included painted panels about prominent Black historical figures such as [[Toussaint Louverture]] and [[Harriet Tubman]]. During his preparatory work, Lawrence conducted research at the [[Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture]], drawing primarily from the autobiographies of Frederick Douglass: ''[[Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave]]'' (1845) and ''[[Life and Times of Frederick Douglass]]'' (1881).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Herkins Wheat |first=Ellen |title=Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series of 1938–40 |date=1991 |publisher=University of Washington Press |page=20}}</ref> For this series the artist used a multipanel-plus-caption format that allowed him to develop a serial narrative that was not possible to convey by means of traditional portrait or [[history painting]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dickerman |first1=Leah |author1-link=Leah Dickerman |title=Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series |last2=Smithgall |first2=Elsa |date=2015 |publisher=The Museum of Modern Art |page=18}}</ref> Instead of reproducing Douglass's original narratives verbatim, Lawrence constructed his own visual and textual narrative in the form of 32 panels painted in [[tempera]] and accompanied with Lawrence's own captions. The structure of the painting series is linear and consists of three parts (the slave, the fugitive, the free man) which offer an epic chronicle of Douglass's transformation from slave to leader in the struggle for the liberation of black people.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dickerman |first1=Leah |author1-link=Leah Dickerman |title=Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series |last2=Smithgall |first2=Elsa |date=2015 |publisher=The Museum of Modern Art |page=20}}</ref> ''The Frederick Douglass'' series is currently in the [[Hampton University Museum]].

* In 2024, the [[Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture]] in Baltimore put up [https://www.lewismuseum.org/frederickdouglassmural/ a mural by artist Adam Himoff portraying Douglass] "posed in a slim, European-cut suit, high-top white Converse sneakers, and an oversized wristwatch".<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2023/12/21/1219768084/a-frederick-douglass-mural-in-his-hometown-in-maryland-draws-some-divisions "A Frederick Douglass mural in his hometown in Maryland draws some divisions"]</ref> The mural is a "hand-carved linocut print ... acquired by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as part of their permanent art collection in their NYC headquarters and later transformed into a 21-foot mural displayed in Easton, MD (the birthplace of Frederick Douglass)."<ref>[https://www.lewismuseum.org/frederickdouglassmural/ Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture: Frederick Douglass | Liberty by Adam Himoff]</ref> Specifically, in 2023, the mural was put up on a "wall outside of the Out of the Fire restaurant" in [[Easton, Maryland]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2023/12/21/1219768084/a-frederick-douglass-mural-in-his-hometown-in-maryland-draws-some-divisions "A Frederick Douglass mural in his hometown in Maryland draws some divisions"]</ref>