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.

He began with “Five score years ago,” an echo of the Gettysburg Address to the date of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. It had been 100 years since Lincoln freed the slaves, he noted ...

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 ...