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Rep. Loy Mauch courtesy of Facebook

Another Arkansas rep defends slavery: 'Why didn't Jesus condemn it?'

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Loy Mauch has emerged as another Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives to have written in support of slavery starting in 2000...
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Version of Emancipation Proclamation to be displayed in Harlem

Melissa Noel
theGRIO REPORT - The only remaining version of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting will begin an eight city tour this week.
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Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in 'Lincoln' teaser

'Lincoln' teaser features black actor

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VIDEO - The first teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated biopic Lincoln (starring perennial Oscar favorite Daniel Day-Lewis as the titular former president) has been released...
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Lincoln 'Impeachment' author talks Obama

Edward Wyckoff Williams
theGRIO Q&A - Would African-American history -- and indeed American history -- have been different if Abraham Lincoln had lived?...
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NEW YORK, NY - A detail of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Emancipation Proclamation copy sells for $2.1M

Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A rare original copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation sold Tuesday at a New York auction for more than $2 million.
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Anthony Mackie (left) plays William H. Johnson in 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'

'Vampire Hunter' sidekick based on real man

Ronda Racha Penrice
theGRIO REPORT - One man has filled up tomes; while another has only generated footnotes. Still, their relationship, especially in the context of the times in which they lived, is interesting...
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Actor Anthony Mackie arrives at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Anthony Mackie talks role as Abe Lincoln's sidekick

Marquise Francis
VIDEO Anthony Mackie will play the role of Abraham Lincoln's sidekick in the new film ​Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter ​opening in theaters June 22nd​. ..
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'Lincoln' is a dirty word for the GOP

Earl Ofari Hutchinson
OPINION - The popular refrain for the past decade has been that Abraham Lincoln would be sent packing from just about any GOP local, state and especially national convention today...
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Obama says GOP could use some of Lincoln's spirit

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CHICAGO (AP) - Tweaking Republicans four days before the Illinois primary, President Barack Obama said Friday that the hopefuls campaigning to take his job would do well to channel the moderation and inclusiveness of the Land of Lincoln...
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Gift shop offers John Wilkes Booth bobblehead

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John Wilkes is arguably one of the most infamous figures in American history because of his role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln...
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