New book reinforces Lincoln was an abolitionist long before his presidency
The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case of Nance Legins-Costley, who was freed from indentured servitude by an ...
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Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now?
OK, what about “Death Becomes Her ... nonbinary artist Cole Escola create a star turn for themselves as Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!”? (Only good things.) A revival of a show that ...
Readers and writers: You say you want (to read about) a revolution?
Books about revolution — national and personal — give us a look today into the years leading up to the American Revolution as well as one young Chinese man’s search for freedom. And on a lighter topic ...
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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
His death was confirmed by his stepdaughter ... “If I’m acting like a king,” Mr. Johansen sang, “well, that’s ’cause I’m a human being.” “David had a bit of the vaudevillian ...
Tituss Burgess Begins Run as Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's Blockbuster Broadway Comedy Oh, Mary!
The crowd at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City jumped to their feet in celebration on Tuesday, March 18, as Tituss Burgess ...
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Lesson Plan: Wives of the Civil War Presidents
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Kelly Hancock talked about Mary Todd Lincoln’s childhood and family. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event. This lesson ...
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Photos: Tituss Burgess as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! on Broadway
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Riverboats & a link to President Lincoln: Yankton’s history
“If you recognize the last name, there’d be good reason for it because he is first cousins to Mary Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln’s wife,” Mensch said. Yankton was also the first capital ...