In 1868, in addition to tending to his duties as a Republican U.S. senator from Massachusetts, Henry Wilson published the ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. delivered a passionate and intimate eulogy for his father, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflecting on what he believes is his real legacy in American ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) excoriated President Donald Trump and his allies during a speech on Sunday, which quickly went viral online ...

Australia's anti-slavery commissioner has called for tough new laws forcing Australian companies to take slavery in their supply chains seriously. Chris Evans told … that existing laws, which only ...

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) excoriated President Donald Trump and his allies during a speech on Sunday, which quickly went viral online and led to many on the left boldly predicting he will soon be a ...

Plans for a school walkout on Friday spread like wildfire for hundreds of Redlands students. The demonstration, which involved 450 students from five Redlands middle and high schools, protested ...

An old Manhattan steakhouse is the new home for the Stars and Stripes that draped the 16th president’s casket. By Alex Vadukul Photographs by Graham Dickie “Would you like to try one of Lincoln’s ...

The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after displays were removed at the site of the first president’s former house in Philadelphia. By Anushka Patil ...

Informational panels on slavery returned to a popular historical museum in Philadelphia on Thursday, after a federal judge evoked the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984” to order the Trump ...

In 1838, at age 28, Abraham Lincoln delivered a public speech responding to a rise in mob violence and warning that it could erode trust in public institutions. He asserted that the greatest risk to ...

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