The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It granted freedom to all enslaved Black people.
The Emancipation Proclamation Quotes in Why We Can’t Wait
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The pen of the Great Emancipator had moved the Negro into the sunlight of physical freedom, but actual conditions had left him behind in the shadow of political, psychological, social, economic and intellectual bondage. In the South, discrimination faced the Negro in its obvious and glaring forms. In the North, it confronted him in hidden and subtle disguise.
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Introduction
...role in the founding of the country. They also know that, although Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation 100 years ago, true racial equality has yet to come.
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Chapter 1: The Negro Revolution—Why 1963?
The 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation was an exciting event, but it also gave Black Americans an occasion to reflect on...
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Chapter 3: Bull Connor’s Birmingham
A full century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation , Birmingham was a deeply racist and segregated place. It was almost as if the...
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