Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January ...
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning filmmaker Erika Dilday is joining Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon as co-director and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film Emancipation to Exodus (working ...
New Film About the American Experience From the Civil War to the Great Migration Scheduled to Come to PBS in 2027 EMANCIPATION TO EXODUS (working title) is slated to air on PBS in 2027. “My career as ...
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 ...
On Jan. 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, granting freedom to all enslaved persons ...
The Emancipation Association of Montgomery held its 160th annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration to kick off 2026.