Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled

A 7-foot bronze statue of 19th century orator and writer Frederick Douglass is being unveiled on Wednesday and will stand on the U.S. Capitol.

The statue will be revealed during a ceremony hosted by House Speaker John Boehner. The statue will join others such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth on display at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall.

Douglass was born a slave in 1818 in Talbot County, Md. He served as an advisor to Abraham Lincoln and was a voice for women’s rights as well as those for black Americans.