Slavery Abolition

This is an undated file photo of Rosa Parks riding on the Montgomery Area Transit System bus. Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus on Dec. 1, 1955, and ignited the boycott that led to a federal court ruling against segregation in public trans…

The majority of Republicans believe President Donald Trump is a better leader than former President Abraham Lincoln, a new survey suggests. According to a poll released by the Economist/YouGov this week, 53 percent of Republicans chose Trump as the superior …

53 percent of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is a better president than Abraham Lincoln, according to a new poll. The Economist and YouGov published results of its latest polling on U.S. politics this week. One poll gauged Trump's favorability versus …

Thanksgiving means real, not ideological, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrated this fundamental point. Story Highlights Arthur I. Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor, Carthage College and author of After the Cold War (NY…

Thanksgiving means real, not ideological, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrated this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of November to be a day of th…

Thanksgiving means real, not ideological, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrated this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of November to be a day of th…

Thanksgiving 2019 The Thanksgiving story is an absolution of the Pilgrims, whose brutal quest for absolute power in the New World is made to seem both religiously motivated and eminently human…. The Mayflower’s cultural heirs are programmed to find glory in …

Pennsylvania's James Buchanan, who lived from 1791 to 1868, was the 15th president of the United States and is generally regarded as one of the worst to ever hold that office. On his watch, the Union dissolved as Southern states seceded following the election…

PLYMOUTH, Mass.   Before they're served piles of turkey and pie, kids often hear the story of the first Thanksgiving  how Pilgrims and native Americans came together to feast and count their blessings. But most aren't told native people likely outnumbered En…

Last year, in May, when he announced a new partnership with Netflix, he revealed he and Michelles production company would be called Higher Ground. In July, just after Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki, Obama gave his most extensive public remarks, the…