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Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 1 day agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Emancipation Proclamation read on Knott House Museum steps
Tallahassee Democrat· 1 day 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
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAlthough Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered two years prior, freedom wasn't fully realized until the news was announced to the 250,000...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 1 day agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWar soldiers. 11 a.m. - Church bells in Tallahassee will ring for two minutes to celebrate Florida's...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 4 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps ...
California reparations payouts on hold, but state moves toward apology for slavery
Fox News· 4 days agoThe California Senate held up plans to dole out reparations payouts to its citizens, but the...