Charles Sumner entered the freshman class Sept. 1, 1826. The undergraduates, now numbering nearly a thousand, at that period scarcely reached two hundred. Rev. John T. Kirkland was the president.

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 ...

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 ...

As Democrats propose a series of wide-ranging reforms and Republicans try to beat them back, it has become popular to say that Capitol Hill is stricken with endemic partisanship and that we’ve reached ...

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 ...

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 ...

I hate to break it to those mourning the loss of civility in politics, but it died a long time ago. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I present to you the caning of Charles Sumner. On May 22, 1856, ...

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, ...

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 ...