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Juneteenth! This holiday -- named for and celebrated on June 19 -- commemorates the true ending of slavery in the United States. (You'll note, it is not Jan.

“An American Marriage” (Pegasus), out now. “Lincoln may never have become president if his wife had not turbocharged the restless engine of his ambition,” Burlingame writes. And, he reveals, Mary’s madness would also open the door to her husband’s assassin in 1865. Born in 1818, Mary Todd grew up in material comfort yet called her childhood “desolate.” Six years old when her mother died, she felt rejected by her merchant-politician father and the stepmother he quickly married. “She came to think

With 2012’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter sadly yet to have spawned a Marvel-style cinematic universe, Karl Marx and neck-chomping Dracula types might seen unlikely movie bedfellows. But the two collide like never before in a 2021 Berlinale Encounters title that also boasts one of the festival’s most eye-catching film loglines.

50 Cent and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris are developing a new Netflix series based on The 50th Law, the bestselling book co-authored by the rapper alongside Robert Greene.The 50th Law is a semi-autobiographical account of the ‘I Get Money’ artist’s early life and career, which also includes quotes from historical figures such as Sun Tzu, Socrates, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, and Malcolm X.Barris will co-write and executive produce the pilot script with Hale Rothstein, who executive produces

A city commission is determining the fate of monuments to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and other historical figures in Chicago as part of a “racial healing and historical reckoning project” that began over the summer.No decision has been made on whether any of the 41 statues and other commemorative markers of presidents Lincoln, Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley, and more, will be taken down.

Lincoln: Divided We Stand is a six-part docuseries, narrated by This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown, that takes a look at the story of the 16th President of the United States.

just one week in February each year?If you’re wondering why Black History Month is in February––the shortest month in the entire year––you’re not alone. It all started nearly 100 years ago with Dr.

Alicia Keys‘ performance of the classic song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” aired during the 2021 Super Bowl pre-game show!

Hal Holbrook, the craftsman who reincarnated Mark Twain on stage and screen for more than six decades and also stood out as Abraham Lincoln and Deep Throat, two other American legends, has died. He was 95.

How It StartedIn 1915, historian Dr. Carter G.

Could you soon be dropping your child off at Jerry Garcia High School? It could happen if you live in San Francisco, where the school board recently voted to remove 44 school names honoring "problematic" historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere because of their links to slavery, oppression or racism. Even Dianne Feinstein Elementary, named for the current Democratic U.S.

Tom Hanks is keeping close to family during the first Celebrating America television event, following Joe Biden‘s Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday (January 20).

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – After decades of debate, legislators are finally sensing strong support for repealing Maryland's state song, a Civil War-era call to arms for the Confederacy against "Northern scum" that refers to President Abraham Lincoln as a despot.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet – optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice – has been removed from its perch in downtown Boston. Workers removed the Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Emancipation Group and the Freedman’s Memorial, early Tuesday from a park just off Boston Common, where it had stood since 1879.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in downtown Boston.Workers removed the Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Emancipation Group and the Freedman’s Memorial, early Tuesday from a park just off Boston Common where it had stood since 1879.City officials had agreed in late June to take down the memorial after complaints and a bitter debate

Also on this day: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

You know what I like to do when my house is on fire? Change the doormat, so it's more welcoming.  Before it had my name — "The Gutfelds"— but I realize that it could be offensive to people who aren't Gutfelds.

Also on this day: The presidential election is turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock develops between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H.

Jon Voight has made no secret for his unwavering support of Donald Trump, periodically taking to Twitter to share videos in which he’s declared the former “Celebrity Apprentice” host to be “the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.”

While families across the U.S. were celebrating Thanksgiving with scaled-down gatherings or Zoom calls, protesters were toppling historical statues and monuments.

Also on this day:  President Abraham Lincoln dedicates a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.The Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. Ford Motor Co.

David Oyelowo had a “moving” singular moment with Barack Obama — or so he thought.

Also on this day: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln replaces Maj. Gen.

A New Jersey Democrat is refusing to resign after a post-Election Day tweet referencing Abraham Lincoln's assassination surfaced Wednesday.   Chris Emrich, a member of Collingswood's Democratic Committee, made what he claims was a "stupid" remark when responding to critics of The Lincoln Project, a committee of Republicans against the reelection of President Trump, according to a copy of the tweets obtained by Fox News.  After a Twitter user dubbed the group the "Stinkin' Project" Emrich

When you talk about destruction, you can count out Sean Ono Lennon. Last Sunday’s “Day of Rage” in Portland, Ore.

President Trump reacted to demonstrators who toppled statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in Portland overnight, saying  "Biden fools” and "Antifa radicals" were responsible as local Democratic leadership failed to bring in federal law enforcement.   “These are Biden fools.

NEW YORK -- The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly.

was booed by mourners during his visit on Thursday.On Friday morning, she’ll be moved to the Capitol to lie in state in Statuary Hall, on the Lincoln Catafalque — the platform that was built for Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865. Justice Ginsburg will be the first woman, and first Jewish person, to receive this honor.

Does a long-lost photo of Abraham Lincoln exist? Discovery Channel is aiming to answer that question in a new documentary that's being produced by Mark Walberg's production company Unrealistic Ideas and directed by Jason Cohen, who was nominated for the best short documentary Oscar for Facing Fear in 2014. There are currently only 130 known images of President Lincoln on record.

Kanye West shared a photo on Twitter that shows his face edited onto Mount Rushmore amid his ongoing presidential bid. As the musician forges ahead with his plans to run against both Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in November, he took to Twitter to share an optimistic view of that potential presidency with a photo showing his face on the famous U.S.

Will Thorne Staff WriterPhil Lord and Chris Miller are rebooting their animated series “Clone High” at MTV.Together with MTV and Erica Rivinoja, they will develop and produce new episodes of the animated series.

coronavirus shutdown, which has led to 35 newspapers across the country shutting down the past few months. Also lost: a chain of 14 community newspapers around Chicago, according to the Poynter Institute think tank.

Ted Johnson CNN and HLN unveiled a slate of programming for 2020-21, a lineup of series and non-fiction projects that include biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe and History of Sitcom.The network already has announced several projects for 2020, including The Story of Late Night and First Ladies, as well as a series for 2021, Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci.The CNN Original Series for 2021 include Lincoln: An American President, a six-part series about the 16th president from

On Juneteenth, Michelle Obama took a moment to reflect and tell her Twitter followers what the holiday means to her. The former first lady, 56, went over the history of the historic holiday, which commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that slaves in Galveston, Texas, found out they were freed — two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerThe Juneteenth holiday celebrates June 19th, 1865, the day enslaved Texans finally received the message of the Emancipation Proclamation — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the executive order that put an end to slavery in America.

This SnapChat #Juneteenth filter is…um…interesting. Smile to break the chains? Okay then.