It's red, white and blue—and a proud symbol of African American history. Meet the Juneteenth flag. The post The Juneteenth ...

The Juneteenth flag, created by activist Ben Haith in 1997, has become a symbol to celebrate Black emancipation in the US. The flag features 3 symbols — a five-point star, a bursting star, ...

The day, which gets its name from combining June and 19, has long been celebrated by black Americans as a symbol of their long-awaited emancipation — but the story behind the holiday ...

But Emancipation Day is more than a historical ... While controversial today, the act stands as a complicated but powerful symbol of justice inching forward. For the Black residents of D.C ...

The decree also left room for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared ...

As we experience what seems like a rerun of the Cold War—with Russia once again a hostile dictatorship—it may be hard to remember that Russia and the U.S. were once warmly supportive of each ...

One of the features of the call, we observe, is that "emancipation immediate and unconditional is our best and only true policy." The Unionism of the State has settled firmly on that principle.

THE QUESTION OF EMANCIPATION. Share full article April 28, 1862 Credit... The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from April 28, 1862, Page 3 Buy Reprints View on ...