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Local historian reflects on life of Salt Lake's Emancipation Day queen
KUTV Salt Lake City· 15 hours agoIn 1898, 15-year-old Elnora Dudley was crowned Salt Lake City’s Emancipation Day Queen. Salt Lake’s...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPark to the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center at 837 SE Seventh Ave. to watch performances and...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe City of Tallahassee recognizes May 20 as Florida's Emancipation Day, and throughout the month,...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 4 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 7 days agoTallahassee has been experiencing a tough time after storms and tornadoes battered the area, but the city is gearing up to celebrate Emancipation Day. While ...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 4 days agoOrganizers told Action News Jax they incorporated songs and dances of freedom for this year’s event....
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoReginald Ellis, provost and professor at Florida A&M University, gave a keynote speech highlighting...
Emancipation Proclamation read on Knott House Museum steps
Tallahassee Democrat· 5 days agoToday, Reginald Ellis, Ph.D., Provost Professor at Florida A&M University, read the document in...
Commemoration honors history of the Battle of Negro Fort on the Apalachicola
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis free celebration of Florida's Emancipation Day offers the public a chance to visit and tour the...