Black visitors to the White House often remarked that Lincoln treated them with dignity and respect. Many were touched by how he shook their hands and made no acknowledgement of their race or skin ...

He often greeted them “with open arms and an outstretched hand,” Jonathan W. White wrote in a recent essay on Lincoln entitled, “Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln.” ...

Between 1862 and 1865, Abraham Lincoln opened the White House to African Americans in ways that were unthinkable before.

In spring 1864, President Abraham Lincoln invited a guest to one of his private rooms in the White House — the room he often napped and read his Bible in. His visitor was Caroline Johnson, a … ...

MADISON — The leader of a group for Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wants a statue of President Abraham Lincoln in place for more than 100 years the heart of campus removed.

On Nov. 19, 1863 — 155 years ago this week — this teenager, whose family later moved to East Central Indiana, was among the first to shake Abraham Lincoln’s hand after the Gettysburg address.

Washington D.C., Feb 12, 2020 / 12:00 pm. Black Catholic communities have been a part of the Church in the Washington, DC area for centuries.

Chicago artist Leonard Volk produced this plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln in April 1860. Volk made the casts of Lincoln’s hands on May 20, two days after the Republican Party nominated him for ...