Honoring Anna Murray Douglass, Rosetta Douglass Sprague, and Frederick Douglass

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Intro
Professor Bill E. Lawson 1:01
Celeste-Marie Bernier 23:23
Q & A 57:53


On December 1, 2025, the Caroline County Public Library, in partnership with the Caroline County Historical Society, had the honor of hosting Professor Bill Lawson and Professor Celeste Bernier as they shared Legacy and Leadership: Honoring Anna Murray Douglass, Rosetta Douglass Sprague, and Frederick Douglass.

Professor Bill E. Lawson (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He has taught at Spelman College, Montclair State College, West Virginia University, the University of Delaware, and Michigan State University. He teaches courses in the areas of African American philosophy and social and political philosophy. He has testified before a Congressional Subcommittee on the issue of Welfare Reform. He was a 2011-12 University of Liverpool –Fulbright Fellow at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool UK.

Celeste-Marie Bernier is Professor of United States and Atlantic Studies at the University of Edinburgh and historian-consultant-researcher-writer to Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Frederick Douglass Honor Society. She is the author and editor of a forthcoming ten-book series, 'Douglass Family Lives: The Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass Family Biography and Collected Works'.

Upcoming…
•Revolutionary Liberator: The Anna Murray Douglass Family Biography
•Anna Murray Douglass: A Revolutionary Biography and Life in Documents
•Rosetta Douglass Sprague: A Revolutionary Biography and Life in Documents

Final photo from left to right: Diana Lapsley, Robin Westre, Carolyn Spicher, Kathy Holden, Thelma Nichols (100 yr old Anna Murray Douglas descendent), Professor Bill E. Lawson, Cathy Schwab, Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier, and Rick Schwab. Missing from photo: Kathy Mackel, Wayne Spicher, Steve Westre, and Carol & Ken Bemko.

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