Vice President Johnson had assumed office after John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln ... "This is a country for white men," he had reportedly declared, "and as long as I am president ...

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 ...

Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream with Lerone Bennett, Jr. is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones ...

A Southern supporter of the Union who balanced the ticket in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection, Johnson led the Southern Reconstruction effort following the president's assassination. Conflicts ...