TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - In Florida, Emancipation Day is traditionally celebrated on May 20. On that day in 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of the Knott House near downtown ...

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People across the U.S. are celebrating Juneteenth. June 19th marks the day enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was ...

DC Emancipation Day marks the end of slavery in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The holiday commemorates the freeing of more than 3,000 enslaved people. It is celebrated every year on April 16 with events ...

John William Templeton, an African American historian from California, has been researching abolitionism and Abraham Lincoln and has come to know almost everything there is to know about the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — An Emancipation Day Parade will be held in Charleston on Wednesday to commemorate the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln that changed the trajectory of America and ...

Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth for more than a century, but it's only been a federal holiday for a few ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, the Ritz Theater & Museum and the City of Jacksonville hosted the fifth annual Jacksonville Emancipation Celebration at Lift Ev’re Voice and Sing ...

The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center will mark “Emancipation Day in Florida" with an all-day celebration on Saturday, May 23. Events will begin at 9 a.m. with a walk from Depot Park to the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - New Year celebrations in the Charleston area continued into Wednesday, especially for those with African American ancestry and heritage who observe Emancipation Day. The ...