Emancipation Proclamation

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January 2, 2023
President Joe Biden this week commemorated the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
December 27, 2022
The proclamation didn’t bring immediate freedom to the approximately 4 million enslaved Black people. But it did lead to significant…
Juneteenth Jamboree, theGrio.com
June 6, 2022
The Indianapolis Children's Museum faced criticism, issued an apology, and has vowed to do better.
Juneteenth, theGrio.com
June 19, 2021
Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, states have been scrambling to figure out if they should add to paid…
June 9, 2021
In honor of Juneteenth, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Illinois will show a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
June 19, 2020
Ahead of nationwide Juneteenth celebrations, Melania Trump took a tour of National Archives to see the historic documents that ended
Juneteenth thegrio.com
June 19, 2018
Trump issued a statement acknowledging Juneteenth while simultaneously creating and enforcing policies that tear apart vulnerable families.
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. National Archives is placing President Abraham Lincoln's original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to…
November 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - An acclaimed exhibit of African-American art and artifacts that has traveled the country in honor of the…
June 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Today marks Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery, a day that is…
January 5, 2013
VIDEO - On Saturday, 'Melissa Harris Perry' revisited the Emancipation Proclamation and what it meant, for the rebellious south, for…
January 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The U.S. Postal service has released a limited-edition stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing…
December 31, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation…
December 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Civil Rights were…
June 26, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A rare original copy of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation sold Tuesday at a New York…
June 19, 2012
President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a proclamation commemorating Juneteenth, the annual remembrance of the formal end of slavery in…
June 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of African-American history that was once sold for just a few dollars could fetch millions…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A leaked photo of actor Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of an upcoming Steven Spielberg-directed biopic of…
November 24, 2011
theGRIO REPORT- African-Americans have long embraced the honored tradition of Thanksgiving, even during slavery...
June 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Oval Office…