Emancipation Proclamation

PHOTOS: D.C.'s Emancipation Day Parade

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As temperatures went into the mid 80s on Monday, many District of Columbia residents gathered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abra...

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Slaves In D.C. Set Free 150 Years Ago Today

The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- This year, the rest of the nation may know Emancipation Day as that day that gives you a little bit more breathing room to file your tax...

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At 'Big Tent' Politics, Lincoln Was the Best

Grant Calder | Posted 04.02.2012

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Succeeding at "big tent" politics requires a sense of timing and flexibility. Some refer to the latter as "flip-flopping," but only when their opponents do it.

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Former Slave To Old Master: Kiss My Rear End

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 02.03.2012

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In the summer of 1865, a former slave by the name of Jourdan Anderson sent a letter to his former master. And 147 years later, the document reads as r...

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Watch Night

Darius A. Gray | Posted 03.23.2012

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As 2011 came to its close, many of us watched the annual rituals at Times Square on our flat-screened televisions. Around the country, songs were sung and parties enjoyed, but I wonder how many of us or our children remembered that December 31st is Watch Night.

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Are You Fashion's Slave?

Gerit Quealy | Posted 11.22.2011

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Several organizations such as the Somaly Mam Foundation, Ecpatusa.org and The Body Shop have initiatives in place to combat the slave trade and sex trafficking and of children and young people. But most people are unaware that this is even happening.

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Juneteenth Off The Record

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 08.17.2011

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Although Juneteenth has gained widespread acceptance as a commemoration marking the end of slavery, there is still progress to be made.

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The Modern Abolitionist Movement: Putting An End To Sex Slavery In America

Tom Matlack | Posted 07.18.2011

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Sex trafficking exists within the broader commercial sex trade, often at much higher rates than most people realize or understand.

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The 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War: Our Legacy Considered

Stephen Menendian | Posted 06.12.2011

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The lessons of the abolitionist movement -- which ultimately galvanized a nation to the immorality of slavery, and profoundly influenced the terms of the debate over the war and its purpose -- are still applicable.

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Rewriting Huckleberry Finn Twists Twain's Intentions

Craig Hotchkiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Trendy "feel good" sentiments of modern political connectedness are purging Huckleberry Finn of the ugly truth that Mark Twain sought to expose during the Jim Crow Era.

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Celebrating Emancipation on Juneteenth (VIDEO)

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

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On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger informed slaves in the area from the Gulf of Mexico to Galveston, Texas, that they were free.

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Fresh Ring for Freedom Day in D.C.

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today marks Emancipation Day in DC. The holiday commemorates President Lincoln's signing of the law in 1862 that paid for the liberation of more than 3,000 slaves and ended human bondage in the capital.

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The Emancipation Proclamation of 2010

Marlen Suyapa Bodden | Posted 05.25.2011

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The basic facts about modern day slavery are startling, as human trafficking generates a minimum of $32 billion annually in profits, second only to drug trafficking.

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Obama's Lincolnesque Nobel Peace Prize

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln is Obama's professed ideal. We remember Lincoln today from civics lessons and the monument in Washington, but the historical reality is that he was both soaring idealist and ruthless pragmatist.

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Lincoln's Other Legacy

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation and in so doing he saved the nation. But he also gave us the rationale for American racism.

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President Obama: Sign New Emancipation Proclamation to Free Us From Debt Slavery and Free-up the Economy

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. President, help us create "a more perfect Union" from the "bottom-up." You can be the Lincoln of our times and free us from the greed and "top-down" bondage that has brought us here.

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How We Will Feel if Obama Wins

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Nov. 5, if Obama is the president-elect, I think most people -- regardless of their party or ideology -- will take pride in the fact that America is a purple nation, not a red vs. blue one.

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