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	Juneteenth Juneteenth or Emancipation Day, June 19th, holiday celebrating of the end of slavery in the United States. It began in Texas when news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (effective Jan. 1, 1863) finally reached Galveston on June 19, 1865. Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger read a general... Read more
	Ralph Ellison Ralph Ellison (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914-94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, Okla.; studied Tuskegee Inst. (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring composer, he moved (1936) to New York City, where he met Langston Hughes , who became his mentor, and became friends... Read more
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	Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation in U.S. history, the executive order abolishing slavery in the Confederate States of America. Desire for Such a Proclamation In the early part of the Civil War, President Lincoln refrained from issuing an edict freeing the slaves despite the insistent urgings of... Read more
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	Reconstruction Reconstruction 1865-77, in U.S. history, the period of readjustment following the Civil War. At the end of the Civil War , the defeated South was a ruined land. The physical destruction wrought by the invading Union forces was enormous, and the old social and economic order founded on slavery had... Read more
	Charles Sumner Charles Sumner 1811-74, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1851-74), b. Boston. He attended (1831-33) and was later a lecturer at Harvard law school, was admitted (1834) to the bar, and practiced in Boston. He spent the years 1837 to 1840 in Europe. Later he became involved in several reform... Read more
	Seal of the United States SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES. The seal of the United States, or the Great Seal, is the official embossed emblem that validates a U.S. government document. On 4 July 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a committee to design the seal, but it took Congress six years more... Read more
	Orville Hickman Browning Orville Hickman Browning 1806-81, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1866-69), b. Harrison co., Ky. One of the organizers of the Republican party in Illinois, Browning helped secure his friend Lincoln's nomination (1860) for President, but later, as U.S. Senator from Illinois (1861-63), he opposed... Read more
	Hampton Roads Peace Conference Hampton Roads Peace Conference meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward represented the Union, and A. H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter, and J. A.... Read more

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	Emancipation document replica coming to Juneteenth celebration.(SportsL) Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) ...about the Emancipation Proclamation. A replica...19th century document will be displayed...this year's Juneteenth Celebration...President Abraham Lincoln signed and...world famous document on Jan. 1...the original ...
	FRIENDSHIP, PRIDE DRAW PEOPLE TO JUNETEENTH AREA GROUPS, VENDORS TAKE PART IN... Newspaper article from: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) ...s annual Juneteenth festival...commemorates Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that helped...The name "Juneteenth" comes from...about their emancipation for ...
	A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL EMPHASIZES EDUCATION, FUN AS... Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) ...after the Emancipation Proclamation had been...President Abraham Lincoln had signed the document in September...event. "Juneteenth is a generic...a former Juneteenth player...Abraham Lincoln wore a ...
	SUMMIT'S TIMING ANGERS BLACK LEADERS GROUPS, DENVER LAWMAKER SAY MEETING ON... Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...do it on Juneteenth? To me it...issue.'' Juneteenth began in...of Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation outlawing slavery. The document had been...33nd annual Juneteenth ...
	Juneteenth is a historic day for African Americans Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle ...21-1994 Juneteenth is a historic...President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Emancipation Proclamation Jan. 1, 1863."The document was significant...Bookstore. "Lincoln was determined...celebrating Juneteenth ...
	Fine Art Photography Exhibit coming to the African-American Research Library... Newspaper article from: Westside Gazette ...conveys the real story and documents historical events as they...Library and Cultural Center Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration...half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official...
	FESTIVAL CELEBRATES THE END OF FREEDOM DEFERRED A TEXAS TRADITION THAT IS... Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) ...Hampton Roads Juneteenth Festival...after the Emancipation Proclamation had passed...Proclamation, a document signed by President Lincoln in September...1865 that Juneteenth celebrates...Oh, I'm ...
	Connecting cultures Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press ...summer, but Juneteenth is one that...Sure, Juneteenth offers live...commemorates Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the historical document that gave...in 1863. Juneteenth parade ...