Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Historical re-enactor portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech

Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
President Judge J. Brian Johnson welcomes the crowd before scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)President Judge J. Brian Johnson welcomes the crowd before scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)Scholar and historical re-enactor Darius Wallace, who portrays abolitionist Frederick Douglass, delivers a speech Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Gold Courtroom, where the real Douglass spoke in 1870 in Old Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown. The program was sponsored by the Lehigh County Historical Society in cooperation with President Judge J. Brian Johnson and the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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