On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...
On 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the legendary Emancipation Proclamation—one of the most significant documents in human history and a ...
The Emancipation Association of Montgomery held its 160th annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration to kick off 2026.
Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save ...
Today, the country observes Juneteenth. The holiday marks the arrival of U.S. Army troops in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. The troops told some of the last enslaved Americans that they were free ...
CLAIBORNE PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A man who was once enslaved in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, once told historians in Oklahoma the story of how the Emancipation Proclamation changed his life on Gee ...
When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the region’s small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But there’s ...
On Jan. 1, 1863, Lincoln presided at the annual White House New Year’s reception. Later that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. The first time he attempted to ...
The event will take place at New Life United Methodist Church, 2821 South Monroe Street from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday ...
As the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War read the Emancipation Proclamation Monday, Indiana University Northwest junior and vice president of the IU Northwest Black Student Union A’Reya Davis said she ...
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