juneteenth is an opportunity I think, to celebrate commemorate and reflect on black Independence in the United States and turn them loose on 19 June. That's why, you know, you celebrate that deep ...

On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” Thus declared Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army on ...

For Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety. Today, the country observes ...

This booklet was produced in December 1862 specifically for Union soldiers to read and distribute among African Americans. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and ...

Just seven years after they learned of their liberation, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans banded together in 1872 to purchase Emancipation Park in Houston. The 10-acre park was meant to serve ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is commonly believed to have ended slavery in the United States, but that’s a misconception. The United States was a ...

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. One of the details that ...

The Emancipation Association of Savannah and Vicinity has scheduled the 158th worship service of the Emancipation Proclamation for 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 1. The virtual service will include ...