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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...
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...
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...
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln relocated 453 freed Black Americans to a Haitian island as a part of an...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLincoln tried to resettle 453 newly freed Black Americans on a cotton farm on Île à Vache. The...
Bygone Muncie: From a city-wide celebration of Emancipation Day in 1895 to Juneteenth in 2022
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was delighted to see another Juneteenth celebration this year at McCulloch Park. While it’s only...
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...
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...
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...
Emancipation Day, Homecoming, Park Day in Missouri before Juneteenth was celebrated
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrations of freedom for enslaved Black people have been held around Missouri under different...