One of the quirks of the Bluegrass state is that it was the birthplace of the presidents of both the Union and the ...

We Americans believe we so fully understand Abraham Lincoln’s contribution to our nation’s beliefs about slavery and freedom that his role in shaping our uniquely American vision of a just and ...

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Born in 1809, Lincoln was living in New Salem, Illinois by 1831. Then in his early 20s — and long before his career as a politician — Abraham Lincoln was a complete unknown.

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Stream Season 6 now with KPBS Passport! David Rubenstein’s skillful questioning of acclaimed writers like Robert A. Caro, Ron ...

Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...

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Brown used AI to jazz up an assignment that students once completed with old-fashioned graphic organizers. Students research ...

Scheidies: "History is simply your story, my story. It is the story of the famous, the infamous and the neighbor next door." ...

The US Constitution says any natural-born citizen over 35 who has lived in the country for at least 14 years can run for ...

In our age of distraction, the arts appear to be responding in kind, shrinking and streamlining themselves to capture what ...