Last fall, curators and interns at the New York State Museum were digging through their audio archives in an effort to digitize their collection. It was tedious work; the museum houses over 15 million ...

On the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first read in the state of Florida, it was read again – 159 years later. General Edward McCook first read ...

The City of Tallahassee recognizes May 20 as Emancipation Day. On this date in 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of the Knott House by General Edward McCook. That's when the ...

In Milledgeville, over 100 gathered to mark the Emancipation Proclamation's anniversary, reflecting on its enduring impact ...

In an instant message era, the origins of Juneteenth seem foreign. Enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ...