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 ...

SC Congressman Preston Brooks shocked nation when he caned Charles Sumner on the Senate floor. A new biography shows why the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Betty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian, shared stories from her book "Scenes," including the 1856 caning of Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA). Betty ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — It's been 150 years since the Charles Sumner School first opened its doors to African Americans in D.C., and on Thursday evening, many will gather to honor that legacy. The mostly ...

Prince Williams ’25 is a History Concentrator in Adams House. Every first-year student at Harvard swipes their ID at Annenberg dining hall and walks past a portrait of Charles Sumner. After graduating ...

User-Created Clip by zlowe March 11, 2024 2024-01-28T20:30:35-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d59/1710186047.jpgBetty Koed, a retired U.S. Senate historian ...