John Wilkes Booth: A Confederate Conspiracy

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre.

John Wilkes Booth changes his plans from kidnapping President Abraham Lincoln to assassination.

On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five...

For Kids: Vanna White on John Wilkes Booth's profession.

On the 148th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge discussed the continuing appeal of the sixteenth president to the people of the world. Born in a log cabin in...

Every second counts in the hunt for the man who assasinated President Lincoln.

Every second counts in the hunt for the man who assasinated President Lincoln.

Every second counts in the hunt for the man who assasinated President Lincoln.

Never before in American history has a single speech so dramatically catapulted a candidate toward the White House. HistoryCENTER retraces the steps of Abraham Lincoln's historic New York City...

Host Geoff Wawro talks with Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The book, published by Simon and Schuster, examines Lincoln's...