It was no accident that Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. That act shifted the meaning of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — An annual parade in downtown Charleston celebrates the historical meaning behind the first day of each year. Emancipation Day commemorates the anniversary of the Emancipation ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum will host several events Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate Emancipation Day. The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President ...

Before the clocks struck midnight, before freedom found its way into law books, Black folks were already awakened. Awakened in the hush of pine-shadowed churches, awakened in praise houses leaning ...

The public is invited to Peterboro, in Madison County, on Wednesday for a New Year’s Eve event commemorating the issuing of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Events run ...

“Waiting for the Hour.” Carte-de-visite of an emancipation watch night meeting on Dec. 31, 1863, where African American men, women and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - An opportunity to get a closer look at one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will ...

Watch Night services are a New Year's Eve tradition in many Black churches. The tradition began on December 31, 1862, as people awaited the Emancipation Proclamation to take effect. Services often ...

PHILADELPHIA — Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in the throes of the Civil War, two industrious Philadelphians ...

Crowds gathered in Douglass Memorial cemetery June 21 to celebrate Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, with descendants of those buried there recalling family legacies of the ...

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