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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· 4 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...