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Biden commemorates 160th anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden this week commemorated the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s...
On New Year's Eve 1862, Black Americans awaited Emancipation. It began a new tradition
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Year’s Eve is Watch Night. It is Freedom’s Eve. For 160 years, the passage to each new year has...
Will Smith's Civil War-era drama 'Emancipation' was inspired by the true story of an enslaved man...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWill Smith plays Peter in "Emancipation."AppleTV "Emancipation" premiered in select theaters on...
How a girl's inspiring 1860 letter to Abraham Lincoln ended up at Detroit Public Library
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA previously unpublished letter written by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War recently...
The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline
Stacker via AOL· 5 months agoStacker describes the events after the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the full abolition of...
The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a...
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoOPINION: The proclamation — issued Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln — didn’t bring...
Everything you need to know about Juneteenth in North Jersey
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when news that slavery had been abolished reached Galveston,...
How voters can abolish slavery forever in Tennessee this November | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to the Tennessee Constitution, slavery is legal in Tennessee. On Aug. 8, 1863, in...
Juneteenth is the national holiday, but Tennessee also celebrates on its Emancipation Day
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth is the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. But in...
Reflections on Juneteenth: Black civil rights and the influence of fatherhood
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year, Father's Day falls on the newly minted federal holiday of Juneteenth. For generations,...