13:22, Fri, Jun 19, 2020 Updated: 13:49, Fri, Jun 19, 2020 Today is Juneteenth in the USA, a day which ceremonially marks the end of slavery in America. The day is usually celebrated, particularly by ...

‘Tis the season of Emancipation. ‘Tis important to understand what that means. Or rather, ‘tis important to make some meaning from that. Because a meaning is not exactly the same as a definition.

When Amanda Kemp set out to write a play about the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, she saw it as a performance piece, with dancers, music and the actual words of the Emancipation ...

Many people think of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (issued on January 1, 1863) as the official end of slavery. And while that’s not entirely untrue, many African descendants ...

"The Emancipation Proclamation in the South was met largely with derision among white pro-Confederate Southerners," said Andy Talkov, head of program development at the historical society. "It didn't ...

Emancipation keeps on rolling along, with truck transports bearing central and local government markings. All this is taken for granted, beyond the grant or subvention “funding”, loudly worried about ...