(WDBJ) - On September 22nd, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It was a threat to free all enslaved people in the Confederacy if those states did not return to the ...
Today is Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2026. There are 364 days left in the year. This is New Year’s Day.
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Gail Anderson is a New York based ...
The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among ...