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The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline
Stacker via AOL· 4 months agoStacker describes the events after the Emancipation Proclamation leading to the full abolition of...
The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a...
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoOPINION: The proclamation — issued Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln — didn’t bring...
Biden commemorates 160th anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden this week commemorated the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s...
The Surprisingly Progressive Promises of General Order No. 3, Which Ended Slavery in Texas
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe language of Order No. 3 also promised a lot that couldn’t be delivered, advising freedmen to...
On New Year's Eve 1862, Black Americans awaited Emancipation. It began a new tradition
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Year’s Eve is Watch Night. It is Freedom’s Eve. For 160 years, the passage to each new year has...
After the Slap, can Will Smith's 'Emancipation' get Oscar love?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Will Smith took the stage Wednesday night at Westwood's Village Theatre to introduce his new...
Emancipation Proclamation To Be Permanently Featured At National Archives
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLincoln's order, which declared slaves freed in Confederate-controlled states, has been only...
Earliest Juneteenth celebration photographs from 19th-century
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years before all...
In Texas, a park founded by formerly enslaved people prepares to celebrate its 150th Juneteenth
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1872, Emancipation Park was founded to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas. Over the years,...
Local events to celebrate Juneteenth and Emancipation Day
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, will be celebrated in various ways in Gainesville...