Thousands of D.C. residents converged on Pennsylvania Avenue NW April 16 for the city’s Emancipation Day celebration. The event marked the 151st year since President Lincoln freed the enslaved men, women and children living in the District of Columbia. Nine months later, the Emancipation Proclamation became law, freeing the enslaved in most other areas of […]
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