{"id":502,"date":"2020-08-18T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:22:39","slug":"honor-of-frederick-douglass-ny-to-be-renames-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/honor-of-frederick-douglass-ny-to-be-renames-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor of Frederick Douglass NY to be Renames Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Rochester, New York<\/strong>\u2018s airport will be renamed to honor 19th-century abolitionist and freedom fighter <strong>Frederick Douglass<\/strong>, one of its most famous and influential residents.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/goodblacknews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Frederick-Douglass-Getty-Images.jpg?fit=850%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/rochester-new-york-airport-new-name-honor-frederick-douglass\/3353767001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, the Monroe County Legislature voted Tuesday night to change the airport\u2019s name to the \u201c<strong>Frederick Douglass \u2013 Greater Rochester International Airport<\/strong>,\u201d adding the Douglass\u2019 name to the existing airport\u2019s title.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\r\n<p>To quote from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/rochester-new-york-airport-new-name-honor-frederick-douglass\/3353767001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA TODAY<\/a>:<br \/>Doug<br \/>The bill was sponsored by the legislature\u2019s Democratic Minority Leader <strong>Vince Felder<\/strong> and Republican Legislator<strong> Karla Boyce<\/strong>, reports the Democrat &amp; Chronicle, which is part of the USA TODAY Network.<br \/><br \/>\u201cEach time residents and visitors arrive to our airport, they will be reminded of Douglass\u2019s life and legacy of fighting oppression,\u201d Felder and Boyce said in a joint statement issued after the vote. \u201cOur remembrance through the airport renaming serves as recognition of our past and a promise of the work our community will do to make Monroe County a welcoming place for all.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Douglass was one of the leading voices for human rights in the 19th century, with his speeches and writings helping to drive the U.S. abolition movement.<br \/><br \/>His contemporaries described him as a living counter-example to slaveholders\u2019 arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.<br \/><br \/>After escaping from slavery in Maryland, Douglass fled to New York City and then to Massachusetts, publishing his autobiography in 1845. Douglass lived in Rochester from 1847 to 1872, where he founded and published his <strong>North Star Newspaper<\/strong>. He is buried in Rochester\u2019s historic <strong>Mount Hope Cemetery<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>Direct descendants of Douglass said the vote to change the airport\u2019s name was an incredible honor.<br \/><br \/>\u201cI got very emotional when I heard the news,\u201d said <strong>Nettie Washington Douglass<\/strong>, the great-great-granddaughter of Frederick Douglass. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to hear the captain say, \u2018Welcome to Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Rochester-based <strong>Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives<\/strong> (FDFI) is chaired by\u00a0Nettie Washington Douglass.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, New York\u2018s airport will be renamed to honor 19th-century abolitionist and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass, one of its most famous and influential residents. According to news, the Monroe County Legislature voted Tuesday night to change the airport\u2019s name to the \u201cFrederick Douglass \u2013 Greater Rochester International Airport,\u201d adding the Douglass\u2019 name to the existing<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/honor-of-frederick-douglass-ny-to-be-renames-airport\/\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,56],"tags":[516,517,515,518],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}