That brings us to the boldest executive order in history: The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863. Using his war powers as commander in chief, he freed all enslaved ...

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EOs can certainly be used to do much good: Lincoln’s Emancipation proclamation was in essence an Executive Order; so was Truman’s 1948 directive to desegregate the military. Or they can have m ...

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In 1915, as the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved people at the end of the Civil War, Woodson took action. He founded an organization—now known as the ...