That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

An Abraham Lincoln historian who’s working on a documentary about the Great Emancipator’s Funeral Train will give a talk to ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

For instance, Abraham Lincoln learned from a man, Edwin Stanton, who treated him poorly; that's harder to imagine today, ...

Black History Month reminds us that it’s an appropriate time to reflect on our nation’s relentless struggles for freedom, especially those courageous people whose heroic efforts advanced the cause of ...

Sharpton challenged students to rethink the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies in righting historical ...

Black History Month is a time to reflect on the legacy, culture, and perseverance of Black Americans in shaping U.S. history.

Former Governor Chris Christie says President Trump needs a history lesson. “The fact that you would assume that Donald Trump ...

The birthday of Abraham Lincoln ... is when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. “The document freed enslaved people in the Confederate states but did not address the legality of slavery ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

The speech is always the story ... the line of sight between Jefferson and Lincoln, authors of the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation, respectively.