Continue to wherever it was you were thinkin' of going.
1 of 19
Next
African-American Firsts
digg
submit it
Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895), Vice Presidential Candidate
Author, former slave, and abolitionist, Douglass was the first African-American vice presidential nominee, on the Equal Rights Party ticket headed by Victoria Woodhull in 1872.
In this photo:
Frederick Douglass
Photo: Library of Congress/Getty Images
Jan 01, 1879
LIFE Aboard Submarines
Hubble: The Man and His Telescope
The Man Who Designed America
Sandhogs: 800 Feet Under New York
Che: Symbol, Martyr, Global Brand
Amazing Real-Life Spies
RARE PHOTOS: The Author of 'Lolita'
American Classic: Ford Mustang
Spy Tools of the Cold War & Beyond
Trabant Reborn as an Electric Car