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The Emancipation Proclamation in practice: A timeline
Stacker via AOL· 5 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...
Original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation will go on display at ALPLM
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOne of about two dozen surviving original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation will go on display...
Tallahassee observes Emancipation Day with church bells, re-enactment celebrations
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe City of Tallahassee recognizes May 20 as Emancipation Day. On this date in 1865, the...
Our View: We must remember, work against 'America’s original sin' this long weekend
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Juneteenth is a remind that history requires...
Misinformation about the reason we celebrate Juneteenth persists | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs we celebrated our newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, last month, I heard so much misinformation...
Earliest Juneteenth celebration photographs from 19th-century
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years before all...
What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoThe tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many...
Emancipation Day celebrations begin with Freedom's Eve concert
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Leon County Division of Tourism/Visit Tallahassee will...
Gainesville to host month-long events honoring Florida’s Emancipation Day and Juneteenth
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe month-long "Journey to Juneteenth" will be once again sponsored by the city of Gainesville to...