Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Charles Sumner’s unswerving commitment to racial justice was the defining feature of his legislative career. First ...

As a student of American history, I believe there are some very important heroes who have never received the acknowledgement and acclaim they deserve. Charles Sumner from Massachusetts is one of those ...

A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.

Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner’s lifelong devotion to equal rights was akin to “digging a deep well with nothing more than a spoon... yet he never stopped digging,” according to this rousing ...

A natural coldness -- You were meant for Boston -- The life of life -- The iron curtain -- An outrageous philanthropist -- Let the lines be drawn -- Glacial solitude -- A one-dead abolitionist ...

South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks bludgeoned Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious, and Southern voters cheered the violence. We aren’t back there — yet. senate.gov Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked ...

THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union. By Stephen Puleo. St. Martin’s Press. 464 pages. $32. When Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts died in Washington, ...

John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the republic would survive its own design flaws. Yet the Constitution, its blueprint, has proved ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — One of D.C.'s first schools built for African American children is marking its 150th anniversary. The Charles Sumner School once educated the children of enslaved Africans.

”Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation,” By Zaakir Tameez. Publisher: Holt, 629 pages. $29.59. John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the ...