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Today in labor history: Lincoln tells advisors about Emancipation Proclamation
July 22, 2014In the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation victory came a great momentum that led to the Union's war victory, 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments and Reconstruction.
Read moreSouth Sudan facing famine crisis
April 11, 2014Over 3.7 million people in this new African nation of 11 million are at severe risk of starvation, and a UN official coordinating humanitarian aid in South Sudan says "we're in a race against time."
Read moreToday in history: President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2013One of the best-known speeches in American history, it was delivered by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the...
Read moreLincoln, Obama and the sweep of history
February 26, 2013With a stroke of a pen the Union government outlawed the enslavement of 4 million people. The truth was that the war was not going well for the North and they had to pass the Emancipation...
Read moreLincoln: principles and politics
February 8, 2013In this 150th anniversary year of the Emancipation Proclamation, we are fortunate to have Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals to help us understand Abraham Lincoln.
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