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A descendant of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington says Rochester should be the permanent home of an organization dedicated to their legacies. Kenneth Morris is the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and the great-great grandson of Booker T. Washington. His non-profit organization, the Douglass Family Initiatives, provides educational programming about modern day slavery and the prevention of human trafficking. Morris says his team is looking at properties in Rochester that could be the organization's new headquarters, and he will consider feedback from the community about the possible move. "We started looking at cities that were significant in the life of Frederick Douglass. Rochester, to me, seems like it should be the epicenter of everything Douglass, not only locally, but nationally and internationally. Morris was a guest on WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson on Monday. Morris says there isn't a timeline for the move, but he's optimistic it will happen. The