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And yet Lincoln professed a belief that Black people should have the right to live in peace and enjoy the fruits of their own labor. He also foresaw White mob violence in the event Black people ...
“Republicans are the party of Abraham Lincoln, but Black people are stuck on the Democratic plantation.” Please stop saying this. Every time someone makes this argument, an angel in heaven ...
Nevertheless, Lincoln assured Douglass that Black soldiers would “ultimately ... of freedom” in order that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish ...
Former President Donald Trump said he believes he has done more for Black people than The Great Emancipator President Abraham Lincoln in a jaw-dropping interview with right-wing host Wayne Allen Root.
Lincoln saw it as a remedy for emancipated Black Americans, expressing hope that they would find justice "in restoring a captive people to their long-lost father-land, with bright prospects for ...
Former President Donald J. Trump is standing tens toes down that he is the Black community’s political savior while ...
Black people were not admitted in significant numbers at white institutions of higher learning until the late 1950s and 1960s. Moseley disputes that calling Lincoln regional would rebrand it.
During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the only place on Lake Pontchartrain where Black people were allowed to swim. Now, after years of neglect and the intervention of local volunteers ...
I've done more for black people than anybody since Abraham Lincoln. And they understand it, they really do and they have the best job numbers they've ever had. They had the best job numbers they ...
Editor's note: The Courier & Press and The Gleaner are marking Black History Month with a collection of stories about people, places, and events from local Black history. Once upon a time ...