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

Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

Few American voices cut sharper than Frederick Douglass’s. His 1845 autobiography, a blistering tale of bondage in Maryland and a daring flight to freedom, remains one of history’s fiercest attacks on ...

During September of 1854 Abraham Lincoln delivered two key addresses in Bloomington during his fall speaking campaign against the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will host a Halloween event Oct. 25. Abe's Haunted Hollow will feature free games, music and costumes for all ages, according to a community ...

It is difficult for someone to keep their job if they only offer excuses for not doing their job. However, our congressional delegation and many of their colleagues in the U.S. House and Senate are ...

It’s our own fault. The current downward trajectory of our country is our own collective fault. It’s not the Republicans. It’s not the Democrats. It’s us. All of us together. It is we who have allowed ...