No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part ...

In this lesson, students explore the realities of life after the Emancipation Proclamation and learn about courageous individuals who fought against the inequalities African Americans experienced.

The proclamation also enabled black soldiers to fight alongside Union troops in the Civil War. The National Archives page includes pictures of the original Emancipation Proclamation document ...

The annual service marked 162 years since the original Emancipation Proclamation. Coldplay's Chris Martin halts Mumbai concert to read letter from Bumrah's lawyers Want to Grow Figs In Your Own ...

In recognition of Black History Month, Clark Curtis will be taking a closer look at some of the people, places, and events that have helped mold the story of Washington’ s wealth of history and her ...

The nation’s longest-running parade made a return in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation, which was declared Jan. 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. This liberated African Americans from ...

In doing so, we also recognize that Juneteenth also marks the unforgivable two-year delay from Lincoln’s original Emancipation Proclamation, the first of a long history of our Nation’s attempts to ...

Director of the African American History and Culture Museum Lonnie Bunch looks at the forces that brought about the January 1, 1863 order. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...