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Biographers have rejected numerous rumors about Lincoln's paternity. According to historian William E. Barton, one of these rumors began circulating in 1861 "in various forms in several sections of the South" that Lincoln's biological father was Abraham Enloe, a resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, who died in that same year.
Robinson's eldest son, Jackie Robinson Jr., had emotional trouble during his childhood and entered special education at an early age. [252] He enlisted in the Army in search of a disciplined environment, served in the Vietnam War , and was wounded in action on November 19, 1965. [ 253 ]
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
The grandson of a slave, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born Jan. 31, 1919, in Cairo, Ga. After his father left, his mother moved the family to Calif., where Jackie excelled in high school sports.
Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 ...
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An illustration of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, in the presidential booth at Ford's Theatre. Left to right: assassin John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone. As the American Civil War ended, Mrs. Lincoln expected to continue as the First Lady of a nation at peace ...
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