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 ...

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 ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. As early as 1849 ... January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all ...

Happily she made a pilgrimage to Nashville carrying a large top-secret print of the stamp design to use as a template ... documents. If the stamp can remind people of what the Emancipation ...

is a close textual analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation, based on a conversation with Holzer and information conveyed in his book, published earlier this year. The historic document ...

“I love to see primary sources,” Templeton said. “And for me, the Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document in African-American history. This is it.” Lincoln issued the ...

During a Juneteenth celebration, the archives said the historical document would join the others in the archive's rotunda, according to a National Archives release. The Emancipation Proclamation ...

A copy of the 19th-century Emancipation document will be available for $5. State Rep. Benjamin Swan, D-Springfield, will read the Emancipation Proclamation at midnight. There will be gospel music ...

is a close textual analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation, based on a conversation with Holzer and information conveyed in his book, published earlier this year. The historic document ...