An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Living host Jaclyn Friedlander interviews Christina Shutt from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum about a ...

William Johnson, because ironically, his dark complexion caused freed Black White House staffers with lighter skin to shun him ...

Christina Shutt, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, joins John Williams to ...

Abraham Lincoln penned the entreaty on behalf of his young friend, William Johnson, because ironically, his dark complexion ...

Former Lake County judge Raymond J. McKoski visited the David Davis Mansion Historical Site in Bloomington by chance in 2007.

Imagine a federal initiative that builds a nationwide system of universities and colleges equipped to educate and train every ...

In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

Attorney Mickey Haller — known as Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer character — believes “the proving ground” is the courtroom, where he makes his “final stand” on a case, and was at one time “sacred ...

President Donald Trump promoted the "Abraham Accords" during his Middle East trip on Monday, seeking to build on 2020 agreements that expanded diplomatic ties between Arab states and Israel. The term ...