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

The 16mm film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of ...

Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President ...

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...

Grammy-winning artist and New Orleans native Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl.

A 1915 movie about the life of Abraham Lincoln, previously thought lost forever, was found on Long Island. “The Heart of ...

As President Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, John Dickerson examines what kind of message it sends to the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol that day.

Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War, allowing detention without ... his will became particularly evident on Jan. 6, 2021, when claims that an “auto-coup” was afoot ...

Mark Milley and members of the congressional committee established to investigate the Jan. 6 ... Abraham Lincoln issued preemptive pardons for Confederates before the end of the Civil War.

Monday’s pardons by two presidents violate the spirit of the pardon power and suggest the need for constitutional reform to eliminate presidential amnesties. After outgoing President Joe Biden ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

The Board of Directors of the Harlan-Lincoln House, Inc., 101 West Broad St., Mount Pleasant, held its second annual meeting ...