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

In a quiet testament to his friend, Abraham Linc personally handled William Johnson's wages and paid for his coffin.

Abraham Lincoln penned the entreaty on behalf of his young friend, William Johnson, because ironically, his dark complexion ...

A rare Lincoln letter at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows how race shaped early White House life and presidential power.

The Veterans Day parade will step off in downtown Springfield at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11. It will proceed down Capitol Avenue to ...

The Jacksonville Area Museum will be opening a temporary exhibit next year about the Underground Railroad along with ...

If aliens landed in Springfield, Illinois, and asked for one perfect example of American breakfast culture, locals would point their extraterrestrial visitors straight to the unmistakable Quonset hut ...

Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge. Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for foiled plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist ...