On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most memorable speeches in American history. | WDSU News

The Emancipation Proclamation freed only enslaved people living in Confederate states. Many enslaved southerners first learned they were free from Union soldiers carrying copies of the decree. A miniature booklet was produced so Union soldiers could read the proclamation aloud on plantations and in cities across the South. Smithsonian Secretary and NMAAHC Founding Director Lonnie G. Bunch III explores this object in our Slavery and Freedom gallery. | Smithsonian's National Museum of African Amer

18K views · 624 reactions | On Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation — freeing enslaved people in some, but not all, Confederate states. Lincoln's strategic wartime act allowed freed slaves to enlist in the Union Army and Navy: https://comca.st/35rtwVj | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement | Facebook