For the first time, the Oklahoma Trail of Tears Association marked the graves of Cherokee Freedmen who survived the Trail of ...

Born about 1840, the daughter of a black father and a part-Ojibwa mother, she was orphaned ... from heroic images of Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln and Senator Charles Sumner to a small ...

Lincoln was the second, in 1865.) Thousands of mourners attended his funeral. But within years, he lay in an unkempt grave in Lancaster ... leaving his mother to cope with a farm and four children.

The following day, ahead of the rally, Trump will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown ... given to him by his mother as well as the Bible used by President Abraham Lincoln at his first ...

In keeping with tradition, one dramatic beat of the presidential inauguration in January was the Naval Academy Glee Club’s ...

“And, sure enough, when he was president, Abraham Lincoln issued passports to blacks in the Western territory of the U.S., in direct defiance, actually, of the Dred Scott case.” The lawyer ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Abraham Lincoln, right, and Stephen Douglas are depicted debating at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., ...

A narrative feature exploring Abraham Lincoln’s personal life and queer legacy has landed a theatrical release. The project focuses on theatrical stage manager Taffeta (Mason), who is feeling ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Tomishige/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images Tuesday is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. That grim milestone invites speculation ...