IUPUI creating an interactive map of Frederick Douglass’ travels

The IUPUI School of Liberal Arts is creating an interactive online map showcasing the travels and speeches of African American activist and orator Frederick Douglass. The school has been working on the map for over ten years and has studied 49 years of Douglass’ 53-year career. The project is led by multiple IUPUI professors and students who are researching Douglass’ life to put the pieces of the map together. The map is expected to be finished in the next year. “There’ll be a map with a lot of dots, and when you click on a dot, you’ll get a drop-down box that will tell you the day that Douglass was in this location, what he did, and then if you want a bit more information, you’d find out if it’s a speech, who the audience was, who the sponsors were, what the building was, if it’s an old church, if it still stands … It’ll give people kind of a record to follow Douglass around,” said John Kaufman-McKivigan, one of the professors leading the project and director of the Frederick Douglass papers. circa 1879: American journalist, author, former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (circa 1818 – 1895). (Photo by Library...