Latest News for: emancipation

Edit

Retired teachers celebrated at the VOICES Emancipation Day event

The Daily Herald - St Maarten 02 Jul 2026
CUL DE SAC--There was a palpable sense of community in the crowd that gathered together for the Cultural Ancestral Emancipation Day Celebration at Emilio Wilson Park on Wednesday, July 1.
Edit

CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT COMMEMORATES EMANCIPATION DAY AND AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE (Stacey Plaskett)

Public Technologies 02 Jul 2026
CONGRESSWOMAN PLASKETT COMMEMORATES EMANCIPATION DAY AND AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE ... Plaskett (D-USVI) issued the following statement commemorating Virgin Islands Emancipation Day and the 250th Anniversary of American Independence..
Edit

Emancipation Day commemorated at Belvedere Plantation ceremony

The Daily Herald - St Maarten 02 Jul 2026
OYSTER POND--The 163rd Emancipation Day ceremony was held at the Belvedere Plantation close to the Oyster Pond road on Wednesday under the theme “Buss Di Chain & Free your … ” ... Gumbs acknowledged that the Emancipation theme raised questions.
Edit

11 Record-Breaking Auction Lots That Reshaped the Americana Market

New York Observer 30 Jun 2026
At the same sale, Griffin also purchased a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation for $4.4 million, bringing his total to an eyebrow-raising $18 million while setting a new record for the 1863 ...
Edit

SALEM MARKS EMANCIPATION STORY

Winston-Salem Journal 24 Jun 2026
Barry Self stuck out like a sore thumb in knee-high leather boots, wool pants and a heavy coat ... .
Edit

Salem reenactment brings first local Emancipation Proclamation reading to life

Winston-Salem Journal 23 Jun 2026
"May 21 should be a day of celebration for all our brothers and sisters who celebrated their freedom.” ... .
Edit

The history and hope of Juneteenth persist, despite the right’s best efforts

The Hill 23 Jun 2026
In historical context, Juneteenth is also a reminder that progress is not irreversible ....
Edit

The Gallery Shows Not to Miss in Zurich

New York Observer 23 Jun 2026
Limmatstrasse 268 & 270, 8005 Through September 6, 2026 ... At Galerie Peter Kilchmann’s Zahnradstrasse venue, Marc Bauer’s “Side by Side” references “Der Kreis,” the Swiss magazine tied to homosexual emancipation ... .
Edit

Juneteenth event in Frederick commemorates emancipation of enslaved Africans

Frederick News-Post 20 Jun 2026
Hundreds of people and dozens of organizations came together at Mullinix Park in Frederick on Friday for the first city-sponsored Juneteenth celebration ... .
Edit

GUEST COLUMN: Journalists fought injustice ahead of emancipation, Juneteenth – and still do

News Press - Stillwater 19 Jun 2026
Journalists in the mid-1800s were on the front lines of the push to end slavery, sounding off in the pages of their newspapers, some risking their businesses and their own lives for the cause ... .
Edit

Juneteenth: How news of the Emancipation Proclamation spread through the South

National Public Radio 19 Jun 2026
While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves. (Image credit. Michael Dwyer) ....
×