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Florida Emancipation Day celebrated Saturday at Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida's Emancipation Day celebrated with a march in southeast Gainesville from Depot Park to the...
Canada Celebrates Emancipation Day, Highlighting History Of Slavery In The Country
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCanada is celebrating Emancipation Day, the anniversary of the Aug. 1, 1833, Slavery Abolition Act,...
Canadians celebrate second Emancipation Day as many remain unaware of country’s slave history
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Toronto, Ontario, a food festival and crafters market is projected to entice more than 1,000 with...
Gainesville to host month-long events honoring Florida’s Emancipation Day and Juneteenth
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe month-long "Journey to Juneteenth" will be once again sponsored by the city of Gainesville to...
Emancipation Day celebrations begin with Freedom's Eve concert
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Leon County Division of Tourism/Visit Tallahassee will...
5 Things To Know About Emancipation Day, Celebrated on August 1 in Jamaica
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEmancipation Day is celebrated on August 1st in Jamaica. The day is often celebrated by re-enacting...
Emancipation Day: 150 attend celebration as Gifford commemorates slavery's end in Florida
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGIFFORD — Gifford’s second annual celebration of the state’s Emancipation Day — when enslaved...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe city of Gainesville kicked off its month-long Journey to Juneteenth celebration on Saturday with...
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...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoRetired Escambia County educator Walter Gulley Jr. has taught history, social studies, African-American history and so much more. But it wasn't until a few years ago that he heard about Florida's ...