President Lincoln was wearing a black “Great Coat”, or overcoat, inscribed with the words “One Country, One Destiny” when he was shot by an assassin on April 14, 1865. American History TV recently returned to the scene of that fatal shooting for the coat’s return to public display in the Ford’s Theatre lobby.

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On April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln attended a performance at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC. Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth went to Ford’s Theatre and shot President Lincoln.

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Edward Steers talks about his book, “The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia.” The book lists in detail the people, events, dates and locales connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

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Author and presidential historian William Seale discusses life in the Lincoln White House – and how the Lincoln family’s  presence there during wartime reinforced the idea of the White House as the President’s official residence. From the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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On The Civil War, author and history professor Stephen Berry discusses the relationships of President Abraham Lincoln and the Todd Family – the brothers and sisters of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.  He spoke at November’s Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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50 years ago, on April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while being held in prison for his involvement in a city-wide civil rights protest called the Birmingham Campaign. King’s daughter, Bernice King, CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, joins Alabama’s governor, Birmingham’s Mayor and others for the unveiling of a historical marker aside the Birmingham Jail.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham civil rights campaign. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famed “Letter from Birmingham Jail” after being arrested for taking part in the protests. The campaign gained national attention after local officials used dogs and water cannons on kids after they took to the streets in what was known as the “Children’s Crusade.” A panel of authors and historians recall the turmoil of the time, as well as how Birmingham has chosen to remember its past. This event was part of the Alabama Historical Association’s annual conference.

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At the direction of Congress, the voices and experiences from the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20^th century are being documented in an oral history project. This effort is a collaboration of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, the Library of Congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign in Alabama. The protests gained national attention after local officials used dogs and water cannons on kids after they took to the streets in what was known as the “Children’s Crusade.” This event features first-person accounts of the events in Birmingham that spring, including remarks by those who took part in the children’s protest, as well as student leaders of a boycott of segregated businesses. The discussion took place at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 

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