The truth is, if you are going to study American History, you have to study Black History too—because they are one and the same, really. It’s a hard responsibility because in order to become truly well-informed you have to include learning about the most horrible living and working conditions, and punishments so cruel and sadistic it will make you physically ill.
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Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, a slave state, in 1809. His family moved to Indiana and then to Illinois. His mother, Nancy Hanks, died when he was a boy . . . .
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Lincoln has won a place in the hearts of the American people like no other president before or since—and here he shall stay, with love and honor, in our hearts, for as long as his story be truthfully told–and for as long as people cherish freedom.
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In each of these years there is a remark or action of Lincoln’s that can be described as prejudiced and yet there is a deeper underlying current that is carrying Lincoln and the nation forward. By comparing 1860 to 1865, we see the tremendous changes that have occurred in the fortunes of Black people while Lincoln was president.
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