White wrote in a recent essay on Lincoln entitled, “Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln.” There is also the well-known story of how Lincoln, as a young man, stumbled upon a slave ...

White - Author ... and just heart of Abraham Lincoln prompted him to receive representatives of every class then fighting for the Union, nor was he above shaking black hands, for hands of that ...

Both leaders fought for interests critical to the Black community during their respective terms in the White House ... Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln forged a relationship throughout ...

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln enacted a plan to resettle 453 freed Black Americans to a Haitian island. Lincoln viewed colonization as a way to free Black Americans — but keep them apart from white ...

The Lincoln Memorial, built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln ... of other White Americans held deeply racist beliefs and believed in Black colonization away ...

Newspaper accounts described it as "very tastefully draped with mourning emblems -- black ... Magistrate, Abraham Lincoln.'" Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.