Joseph Douglass was the grandson of famed Abolitionist, Frederick Douglass and also a groundbreaking violinist. He was the first nationally-recognized black concert violinist. Douglass was born in the Anacostia area of Washington D.C. in 1869 to Charles and Mary Elizabeth Douglass. At a young age, he took up playing the violin. He received his formal […]

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