It is the second Lincoln film by Francis Ford — a pioneer in early Hollywood and the older brother of John Ford, an ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

New books discuss the enslavement of others and its legacy of continuing generational damage, challenging what it means to be ...

The new musical explores the complex friendship between the president and the famed abolitionist. We spoke with co-lyricist ...

Two supplemental volumes of "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln" are being made available online by the Abraham Lincoln ...

The film explores the life of Abraham Lincoln, highlighting his humble beginnings as a poor farm boy in Kentucky, his limited ...

The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free ...

With Abraham Lincoln’s 216th birthday Feb. 12 and Presidents’ Day Feb. 17, the lives of previous U.S. presidents can provide ...

Just weeks before Charleston fell 160 years ago today, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. And now, in the very city that had championed the cause of bondage, formerly ...

Syrian whistleblower “Caesar” has revealed his identity to the world in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera. Images verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad unit shed light on Israel’s plans ...

Both Trump and Lincoln treat a group of people as lepers—i.e., Palestinians and blacks—who should be removed from society and denied property rights in their ...

What a difference a year makes—or in this case just four weeks since Trump’s inauguration—regarding the state of the nation ...