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On Tuesday, workers dismantled a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Boston after the city agreed with protesters who say the memorial is demeaning and lacks proper context. The statue depicts Lincoln holding his hand over a kneeling Black man, a figure modeled by Archer Alexander, the last man captured under the …

A high school in San Francisco may have its name changed because the person who it’s named after didn’t demonstrate “Black Lives Matter.” A San Francisco committee is looking into Lincoln High School’s name change because he didn’t demonstrate that “Black Lives Mattered,” the KUSI News reported. The San Francisco …

Items belonging to the 16th President of the United States were recently sold in a Boston auction. An anonymous buyer purchased both a lock of his hair and a blood-stained telegram dating back to his assassination in 1865 for $81,250. Memorabilia collectors are known to seek treasure in rare finds. …