In October 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy took an after-lunch stroll through the elegant hallways of the…
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Emancipation Proclamation
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[portfolio_slideshow id=4733] Juneteenth was celebrated on June 19th in Nashville; and around that time there was a special, first time, celebration at…
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One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved people…
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Vanderbilt Chaplain Mark Forrester will moderate a panel discussion about the Emancipation Proclamation’s meaning and legacy on Feb. 12—the same day the…
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Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was…
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One of the most important documents in African American history will soon be available for you to actually see with your own…