ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold move that predated President Abraham Lincoln’s more ...

Director of the African American History and Culture Museum Lonnie Bunch looks at the forces that brought about the January 1, 1863 order. Who Was the Real Cleopatra? (03:31) Fact or Fiction?

Abraham Lincoln changed the course of history not through brute assertion of power but by wrestling with its limits.

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District ...

In Federalist No. 70, Alexander Hamilton wrote, “Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.” He argued — persuasively — that a strong, singular ...