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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...
What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoThe tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many...
The Check-In: Celebrating Juneteenth in D.C., electric airplanes, and more
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Washington Monument behind the "Stone of Hope" statue Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Welcome...
How to celebrate Juneteenth this year
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19, the day in 1865 when the remaining enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their...
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...
Florida Emancipation Day celebrated Saturday at Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFlorida's Emancipation Day celebrated with a march in southeast Gainesville from Depot Park to the...
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...
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 Proclamation To Be Permanently Featured At National Archives
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLincoln's order, which declared slaves freed in Confederate-controlled states, has been only...
OPINION: Juneteenth is an American, not a Black, cultural event
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn order to appreciate the opportunities before us, we must better understand the struggles and...