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How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake

How a 19th-Century portrait of Abraham Lincoln was later revealed to be a fake The Library of Congress Lincoln's face from the five-dollar bill photo was flipped and placed onto a slavery proponent's body from an 1852 engraving While the manipulation of images is increasingly causing concern in an era of deepfakes, it's been happening for centuries – even one …

The challenge these days isn't proving that the Republican Party has become a hotbed of racism and fascism. Of course it's true that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, but the modern Republican Party has no right to cite the 16th president's name. As the eminent Columbia University historian Eric Foner, author of "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: …

San Francisco to strip George Washington, Abraham Lincoln from school names

The names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures including California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be removed from 44 San Francisco public schools, a move that stirred debate Wednesday on whether the famously liberal city has taken the national reckoning on America’s racist past too far. In addition to Washington and Thomas Jefferson — former presidents who owned …

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Some experts believe the man is Abraham Lincoln captured …