Celebrating Freedom Together; At Emancipation Proclamation Service, Blacks, Whites Reach Out

The Washington Post | September 23, 1993| | Copyright

She is black and lives in Anacostia; he is white and lives in Lake Barcroft. She is a secretary; he, an assistant branch chief. She "keeps him out of trouble" at work and he fixes her coffee. On their level, they have crossed the racial divide. But in a world bigger than theirs, they know there is much about race relations that needs improvement.

So when she heard about a prayer service yesterday commemorating the 131st anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation - the edict that led to the freedom of 4 million slaves and hastened the end of the Civil War - Reginia Collier asked her friend ...

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