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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...
‘Emancipation’ Review: A Subdued Will Smith Carries Antoine Fuqua’s Brutal but Essential Slave Saga
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, slavery remains the scar that just won’t heal in...
‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith Slavery Saga Challenges Audiences With Grueling Cruelty
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf there’s anything unexpected about the depiction of slavery in director Antoine Fuqua’s...
‘Slavery was never abolished. It was simply redefined’: Why ending slavery is on the ballot in five...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbolitionists are backing changes to state constitutions that could end forced prison labour, the...
What's Juneteenth? Everything to know about holiday celebrating end of slavery in the US
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, is observed...
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the...
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...
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...
How to celebrate Juneteenth 2023 across the U.S. this holiday weekend
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States and the nation's...