When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, he called it “the central act of my administration, and the great event of the 19th century.” Yet critics ...

Two artifacts will be on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield to celebrate Black ...

On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in states rebelling against the Union “are, and henceforward shall be free.” He issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected ... But it was only after Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation that the federal army would officially accept black soldiers into ...

Abraham Lincoln is often regarded as one of the greatest U.S. presidents, due to his leadership during the Civil War and his ...

Most of the 45 men who have served as president were e indifferent to the needs of Black folks or actively opposed to ...

Presidents Day, a federal holiday honoring U.S. presidents, is Feb. 17. What to know about the day, and presidents Washington and Lincoln.

The nation’s longest-running parade made a return in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was declared Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. This liberated African Americans from ...

Hegseth has made plain that his goal is to enhance the unbridled “lethality” of American military forces without handcuffs imposed by the law of armed conflict.

As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that ... No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons ...