A print of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln with deep Philly ties will be auctioned by Christie's

Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in ...
The Daily Dot

8 facts you should know on the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, the final version of which Lincoln issued on Jan. 1, 1863, did not free black slaves on its own, but it was a key part of a freedom puzzle that included the grassroots ...
NPR

What The Emancipation Proclamation Didn't Do

The Emancipation Proclamation celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. But not everyone knows the real story behind the document. Host Michel Martin speaks with historian Lonnie Bunch, about what ...
The Grio

The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a country — and the work still to be done

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There’s more to celebrate on Jan. 1 than the start of a new year. It’s ...
NPR

The Emancipation Proclamation: A Public Document

For the 150th birthday of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Archives is displaying the original document for members of the public to visit. A'Lelia Bundles, chair and president of the board ...
BroadwayWorld

H+H to Present Free Emancipation Proclamation Concert with Museum of African American History

All are welcome to join the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) and Museum of African American History Boston I Nantucket for a ...
Today

Experience the Emancipation Proclamation — no movie tickets required

While the fight to end slavery in the U.S. is winning hearts and minds at movie theaters — on Thursday, “Lincoln,” the movie, earned 12 Academy Award nominations — travelers seeking a more intimate ...
Observer-Reporter

Emancipation Proclamation made headlines, sparked controversy in 1863

When the new year arrived at midnight on Jan. 1, 1863, the quiet of most of the region’s small towns and rural expanses might well have been briefly disturbed by church bells ringing out. But there’s ...
The Christian Century

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Allen Guelzo’s book leads us into contested territory. For more than a generation after the Civil War, Francis B. Carpenter’s painting “The Emancipation Proclamation,” portraying Lincoln as the great ...
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September 23, 1862: The First Emancipation Proclamation goes public

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. One of the details that ...
Los Angeles Times

Lincoln’s slavery tactic

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this week, has often been criticized by blacks, by radicals and also by mainstream historians who doubt its ...
World Socialist Web Site

The enduring significance of the Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, by Allen C. Guelzo (Simon & Schuster, 2004) This work, the first major treatment on the Emancipation Proclamation in 40 years, is ...