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 ...

Oh, Bernie. Bless his heart — or at least whatever part of it still thinks Abraham Lincoln was on Team Socialist. Yes, in a moment that can only be described as historical revisionism with extra ...

There's a new meme that's infecting TikTok right now, based on a fake "Abraham Lincoln Virus," which unleashes an onslaught of pop-ads and errors when an unlucky gamer comes across it in video games ...

In October 2020, during what was dubbed “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage,” protesters toppled the Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt statues in Portland’s South Park Blocks. Five years later, the ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Against the backdrop of the "No Kings" rally at the Illinois Capitol on Oct. 18, Kerri Skrudland of Springfield said she was concerned about her 14-year-old adopted nephew whose family ...

The nationwide "No Kings" movement is returning to the streets of Illinois Saturday, with millions of Americans expected to participate. The follow-up rally was orchestrated in response to recent ...