Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Before his election in 1860 as the first Republican president, Lincoln had been a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Abraham_Lincoln
Bob Rogers (designer) For other persons also named Bob Rogers see Bob Rogers (disambiguation). Bob Rogers is Founder and Chairman of BRC Imagination Arts — "experience designers," planners, and producers for museums, visitor centers and commercial attractions around the world. Bob_Rogers_(designer)
Michael Krebs Michael Krebs is an American actor. He has portrayed Abraham Lincoln in film and presentations throughout the United States since 1994. Krebs' appearances include the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Hoover Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, Gettysburg, the New Salem Historic Site, the Harold Washington Library, and an extended run in Chicago. Michael_Krebs
Black People and Their Place in History Black People and Their Place in History is a 2001 book by ophthalmologist and amateur historian Leroy William Vaughn. He claims that several United States presidents had African ancestry. Vaughn based his claims on amateur historian J. A. Rogers' self-published 1965 pamphlet and the work of Auset Bakhufu. Black_People_and_Their_Place_in_History
Illinois Newspaper Project The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP) is part of the United States Newspaper Program (USNP), a cooperative effort between the states and the federal government designed to identify, catalog, and preserve on microfilm the nation's historic newspaper heritage. Illinois_Newspaper_Project