Abraham Jackson was struck by a train as he headed toward a Pensacola Emancipation Day event. Robin Reshard's new production retells his final hours.

With President Donald Trump set to deliver a speech to Congress on March 4, Talmage Boston tells readers what to expect.

PEORIA – An original print of the Declaration of Independence, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and an original ...

In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed ...

Lubbock will mark the upcoming Juneteenth holiday with a day-long celebration Saturday. Check out the full lineup of events.

The roots of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. run deep in the city, starting as a seed planted during Lincoln's ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.

ST. LOUIS – In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in ...

He's one of the defining factors that allowed the Emancipation Proclamation to happen by pressuring Abraham Lincoln to act. And I think that was important. He didn't have luxuries afforded to him.

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