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Emancipation Proclamation read on Knott House Museum steps
Tallahassee Democrat· 7 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· 7 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
National Archives' Historic Showcase of Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth Order in DC
Hoodline· 6 days agoIn a rare and historic display, the National Archives in Washington, DC, will showcase two pivotal...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 7 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 4 days agoThis week, many Floridians celebrated Emancipation Day to commemorate May 20, 1865 —the day the ...
Kentucky governor designates Juneteenth a holiday, bans hairstyle discrimination
theGrio via AOL· 1 hour agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had...
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 6 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...
Commentary: Remembering Memorial Day's true origins
GBH News· 9 hours agoOn that special day of remembrance, there was a parade of 3,000 school children carrying roses; women with baskets of flowers, wreaths, and crosses,...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 7 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...