The following text is excerpted from the National Archive of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech that he delivered on the steps of ...

Join Springfield’s Lincoln museum Jan. 19 for MLK Day events, including a live speech, skating, historian talks and a blood ...

Son of a Baptist preacher, grandson of a Baptist preacher, great-grandson of a Baptist preacher, King viewed Baptist identity ...

It was no accident that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. That act shifted the meaning of ...

New book cites Christianity as the springboard of the American Revolution, with God as the true founding father. Author ...

(NEXSTAR) – Black History Month is celebrated every February, the shortest and one of the coldest months of the year. At ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — More than 100 people gathered at a Milledgeville church Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historic order President Abraham Lincoln ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which said all enslaved people in Confederate states were free. The packed sanctuary at the ...

Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save the Union.