 and the director of the African American Irish Diaspora Network. In an article she wrote for theconversation.com, she tells the story of Ireland and the black abolitionist movement, which included dozens of black activists finding their way to Ireland to build solidarity as they sought to understand the justice they were denied in America. But given that Frederick Douglass was the most recognized leader at that time, it's important to learn how the months he spent in Ireland inspired and forever changed him.