Resolution designating the House Press Gallery (Rooms H-315, H-316, H-317, H-318, and H-319 in the United States Capitol) as the 'Frederick Douglass Press Gallery’

H. Res. 137

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

June 9, 2025.

Whereas Frederick Douglass was born to an enslaved family

in 1818;

Whereas Douglass bravely escaped slavery in 1838, and spent

much of his adult life as a journalist in Rochester, New

York;