Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

Emancipation Day marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862. More than 3,000 enslaved ...

This momentous occasion happened nearly nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and made D.C. the only jurisdiction in the United States to compensate slaveholders for their l ...

WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) — Wichita Mayor Lily Wu says she’s been getting threatening and racist messages after her signature was missing from a transgender proclamation last month. Wu posted on ...

The Trump administration maintains that right was intended to help formerly enslaved people after the Emancipation Proclamation and ... Trump's order violates the plain text of the Constitution ...

If the document is read aloud to claim that those present support its aims and ideals, most Easter ceremonies are somewhere between dishonesty and delusion ...

"CIRCUS"; by Jan Brandt and Danell Dvorak; open through May 20; closing reception 4:30-6 p.m. May 20; second floor; Bloomington Public Library. "2025 School of Art & Design Master of Fine Arts ...

Delayna Earley [email protected] That’s the tree where a crowd gathered on Jan. 1, 1863 to hear the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. The traditional location of the ...