abraham lincoln

People Are Slamming Trump for Saying 'No Politician in History Has Been Treated Worse' Than Him

"Two words: Barack Obama."
05/17/2017

'Maybe He Said It to Frederick Douglass,' GOP Gets Trolled for Tweeting Fake Abraham Lincoln Quote on His Birthday

Looks like the "party of Lincoln" needs a new description.
02/13/2017

Sleuths Trace Fate of 1st Black Male Slave Freed By Lincoln

Historians have located the grave site of William Costley.
07/20/2015

Commentary: Kennedy, King and Lincoln

These great leaders remind us how far we have yet to go.
11/22/2013
slavery, abolition

This Day in Black History: April 16, 1862

Abraham Lincoln signed the act ending slavery in D.C.
04/16/2013
1876 Republican National Convention, Frederick Douglass

This Day in Black History: Feb. 16, 1874

Frederick Douglass elected president of Freedman's bank.
02/16/2013