'Monumental Mysteries' and the story of John Wilkes Booth in Texas
12 days ago
Another of them is that John Wilkes Booth died after killing Abraham Lincoln.
Emancipation Proclamation on display in Nashville
99 days ago
The exhibit opens Tuesday - fittingly on the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birthday - at the Tennessee State Museum and runs through Monday.
TYLA works to expose modern slavery in Texas and U.S.
101 days ago
This year marks the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery, yet there are slaves in the United States -- men, women, boys and girls.
Commentary: Black history's lessons are doubly important today
105 days ago
Thanks to noted African-American scholar Carter G. Woodson, the nation celebrates Black History Month in February as a tribute to the birthdays this month of President Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick...
Conn. congressman sees factual flaw in 'Lincoln'
105 days ago
He said Tuesday he was shocked that the Oscar-nominated film, about President Abraham Lincoln's political struggle to abolish slavery, includes a scene in which two Connecticut congressmen vote...
Desire for freedom is an ancient yearning
136 days ago
On April 25, 1864 -- 15 months after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863 -- Annie Davis sent this letter to the White House:
Watch Night, a black church tradition, turns 150
143 days ago
As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming -- his final proclamation declaring all...
Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th
143 days ago
As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln.
'Lincoln' at the Capitol draws director and star
153 days ago
The movie "Lincoln" explores the political machinations involving President Abraham Lincoln and Congress in 1865 as they considered the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Smithsonian parallels Emancipation, Civil Rights
159 days ago
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s march for Civil Rights were 100 years apart, but both changed the nation and expanded freedoms.