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How Lincoln dealt with depression and found greatness
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHe is probably best remembered for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people...
Exhibit on emancipation at Williams College powerful, necessary
Albany Times Union· 3 days agoThe anchor is the 1862 executive order by Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, which has...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering ...
AOL· 7 days agoOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm ...
Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoOne of the most fateful documents of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency — and in all of American history — will go on public display this week at the legendary ...
Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
The Today Show via AOL· 2 days agoEmancipation Day and Jubilee Day, takes place on June 19 each year, and commemorates the end of...
The beauty of hate: A literary analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Euphoria’
theGrio via AOL· 6 hours agoOPINION: Kendrick Lamar’s latest beef ballad elevates the diss record subgenre to an art form, and...
Detroit's Civil War history, uncovered - WDET 101.9 FM
WDET-FM Detroit· 6 days agoIn 1863, as the Civil War raged on, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation ...
ICIVICS AND THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION LAUNCH "BRIEF THE CHIEF," A NEW DIGITAL GAME...
WPRI Providence· 3 days agoDeveloped in consultation with top historians and educational games experts, Brief the Chief gives students insight into American history by teaching them how Thomas Jefferson, Abraham ...
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLike millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player...