Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

Washington, United States | AFP |  Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the bloody Civil War between the slave-holding South and the North. But it wasn’t until two months later that African American slaves in the Texas town of Galveston were informed that …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the two leaders faced a dilemma of transcending their prejudices to make history and how each reacted On Sunday while browsing television channels at home, I chanced upon the movie, Lincoln. It is an amazing film about how US President Abraham Lincoln pushed through Congress …