The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to his friend for the last time as they left the meeting that afternoon. It was Friday, April 14 ...

Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case ... South Peoria while a recently unveiled monument honors her and her son, William Henry Costley, in a park in downtown Pekin.

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A new law permits the D.C. Council to establish a commission that will give “reparations” to descendants of enslaved people.

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Inspiration, followed by motivation and a considerable amount of perspiration changed the lives of many former slaves and ...

Salina Alsworth Peterson tells PEOPLE exclusively about living in a roadless, remote Alaskan town founded by her ...

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to ...

This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

Ice cream has a long history in the U.S. and some ice cream parlors have even been around for over a century. Take a look at ...