In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, founder of the ASALH, established Negro History Week in February to coincide with the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, since both were ...

A piece of Abraham Lincoln’s coat, which he wore when he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, is framed at Freeman’s | Hindman in West Loop, Chicago, May 15, 2025.

Items on Abraham Lincoln’s body the night he was assassinated, his earliest known handwriting and other extraordinary relics from his life are being auctioned this week in a sale that drew ...