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Jan.01.2013
Notes on the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (part 1 of 3)
Montage of President Abraham Lincoln and African Americans during the Civil War.(Library of Congress Public Domain) Welcome to the first of this special 3-part article series presented in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation: The fact that an African American sits...