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

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - People across the Sunshine State are celebrating freedom this week, not just for Memorial Day weekend. It was 160 years ago Tuesday when ...

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 ...