Locals Celebrate 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
SACRAMENTO – A local organization is preparing to showcase the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, with the goal of providing essential educational resources to understand “what it...
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WASHINGTON – As New Year’s Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming _ his final proclamation declaring...
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Benjamin Todd JealousNAACP, President & CEO OPINION – The Emancipation Proclamation, which set our nation on the path to the end of slavery, was signed 150 years ago this month. This year we should...
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