Why does Florida celebrate Emancipation Day on May 20th? Neighborhood reporter Ashley Engle explores the state’s unique ...

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Hundreds of locals and dignitaries listened to a reading from the Emancipation Proclamation to celebrate the historic day.

Church bells in Tallahassee area will ring for 2 minutes to announce the dawning of the special day of freedom.

No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part ...

22, 1862. Dubbed by historians the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's announcement noted that slavery would end in the United States on Jan. 1, 1863 — the date his proclamation ...

For Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety. Today, the country observes ...

Gordon Granger arrived in the state of Texas to share the news of the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the official end of the Civil War. Juneteenth was signed into law as a federal holiday ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people on January 1, 1863, who were living in states that had joined the Confederacy.

The National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation will go on permanent display. Starting in 2026, the historic document will find a home next to ...