On Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Christie's auction house in New York announced that a handwritten, autographed manuscript of the president's 1864 victory speech sold for $3.44 million -- the highest ever paid for any American historical document.

On the eve of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appeared on NBC's "The Today Show" to talk about LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, Lincoln's role in the end of slavery, and the president's continuing impact on America.

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Listen now to LOOKING FOR LINCOLN presenter and writer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show".

LOOKING FOR LINCOLN presenter and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. appeared on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" to talk about the documentary and his new book, Lincoln on Race & Slavery.