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Emancipation Proclamation read on Knott House Museum steps
Tallahassee Democrat· 6 days agoToday, Reginald Ellis, Ph.D., Provost Professor at Florida A&M University, read the document in...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 6 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Photos: Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 6 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
National Archives' Historic Showcase of Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth Order in DC
Hoodline· 5 days agoIn a rare and historic display, the National Archives in Washington, DC, will showcase two pivotal...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
FOX 25 Boston· 3 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWar soldiers. 11 a.m. - Church bells in Tallahassee will ring for two minutes to celebrate Florida's...
James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGrant (he attended Grant’s wedding) had no illusions as to what the war was about: slavery. As he recounted in his memoirs, the Emancipation Proclamation
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAlthough Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered two years prior, freedom wasn't fully realized until the news was announced to the 250,000...
Think tanks replace thinking at the Iowa Statehouse
The Gazette· 3 hours agoPaul Revere never parlayed his fame into “Freedom Ride Consulting.” The only interest they have in Iowa is counting us as one more red state drone...