Chicago Art Institute pays $185,000 for Douglass portrait.(portrait of Frederick Douglass)

Ebony | February 1, 1997| | Copyright

Frederick Douglas 1817*-1895), one of the greatest figures of the 19th century, was a leader of the Antislavery Movement and a founding father of the African-American protest movement. After escaping from slavery, Douglass educated himself and became one of the greatest speakers and thinkers of the age.

On February 14 (the 180th anniversary of the birth date he gave himself), The Art Institute of Chicago, one of America's major cultural institutions, will announce that it has acquired, at a record auction price of $185,000, a unique, and previously unknown, ...

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