Norman Hapgood, son of Alton's Hapgood Plow Factory founder, featured Lincoln's rare portrait and autobiography in his 1899 ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

Their decision is expected over the next couple of weeks, before the end of the month.

It’s a question that has plagued historians and journalists for decades. Now, the perpetual debate has reared its head once ...

For instance, Abraham Lincoln learned from a man, Edwin Stanton, who treated him poorly; that's harder to imagine today, ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

“The first time I saw Abraham Lincoln ... According to the 1960 book Colonel Elmer Ellsworth: A Biography of Lincoln's Friend and First Hero of the Civil War by Ruth Painter Randall, Lincoln ...

Benjamin Quarles, a celebrated historian at Morgan State University, faced an uphill battle to chronicle the Black experience ...

History is a bad place, often. To get an idea just how bad, let’s return to Reagan’s biography. Those of more tender ...

Works by Black artists on how labor influenced Black history and culture, curated by Faith Evans; reception 3-5 p.m. Feb. 16; ...