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Frederick Douglass' Descendant Visits Philadelphia During Black History Month To Promote Literacy And More
"It's a privilege for me to be back in Philadelphia," Kevin Douglass Green said. "It kind of feels like a second home in some ways."
February 10, 2026
A special visitor is in Philadelphia this Black History Month. Kevin Douglass Green, the great, great grandson of 19th-century abolitionist Frederick Douglass, is spending the week visiting Black-owned businesses to promote literacy and legacy.
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More than 180 years after Frederick Douglass passed through Philadelphia on his journey to freedom, his descendant has returned to the City of Brotherly Love to honor that history.
"It's a privilege for me to be back in Philadelphia," Green said. "It kind of feels like a second home in some ways."
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