The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in relation to human rights ever signed into law in this ...

Historical amnesia can threaten freedom, Rev. Nicole P. Guns and others warned during an Emancipation Proclamation ...

View Abraham Lincoln's signed Emancipation Proclamation at ALPLM in Springfield, featured in a special exhibit celebrating ...

Parishioners at Russell Temple Methodist Church in Bridgeport observed the 163rd anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation ...

The Emancipation Association of Montgomery held its 160th annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration to kick off 2026.

Just over 160 years ago on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in an attempt to save ...

Volunteers use thousands of flowers and other plant material to prepare floats for the 136th annual Tournament of Roses ...

Peterboro continues its tradition of commemorating the historic 1862 Watch Night with exhibits, presentations and Civil War ...

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum will exhibit a facsimile of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a gift from the New York State Museum at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 5255 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan.

(WDBJ) - On September 22nd, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It was a threat to free all enslaved people in the Confederacy if those states did not return to the ...