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

In 1861, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter of reference for William Johnson, a Black man and his friend, highlighting racial ...

President shares before-and-after photos of renovated Lincoln Bedroom bathroom on Truth Social, featuring polished statuary marble and gold fixtures.

Jonathan W. White - Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House Famed illustrator Thomas Nast designed this celebration of emancipation, with Abraham Lincoln ...

A rare Lincoln letter at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows how race shaped early White House life and presidential power.

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