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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...
Perspective: The secret to Abraham Lincoln’s success
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAbraham Lincoln did great things because of a certain trait that he had — cognitive flexibility — that allowed him to work well with his opponents.
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...
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...
When Portsmouth mourned President Abraham Lincoln
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first U.S. president born west of the Appalachian Mountains came quietly into the world on Feb. 12, 1809, but Portsmouth and the rest of the world...
Juneteenth's fellow emancipations, and what 'freedom' then meant
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Bygone Muncie: From a city-wide celebration of Emancipation Day in 1895 to Juneteenth in 2022
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was delighted to see another Juneteenth celebration this year at McCulloch Park. While it’s only...
Op/Ed: Speeches by Lincoln, Douglass still relevant, offer lessons to Indiana students
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Sen. Richard Lugar died in 2019, his legacies included an annual event at the University of...
Emancipation Day, Homecoming, Park Day in Missouri before Juneteenth was celebrated
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrations of freedom for enslaved Black people have been held around Missouri under different...