On New Year’s Eve, Black churches in New Orleans and across the country will continue the tradition known as Watch Night or ...

View Abraham Lincoln's signed Emancipation Proclamation at ALPLM in Springfield, featured in a special exhibit celebrating ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Proclamation of Emancipation by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The ...

Correction: a previous version of this story expressed that the Frist Art Museum was hosting a yearly August 8 Emancipation event, it was a one time event. America will celebrate Emancipation Day, ...