Watch Night, also known as Freedom’s Eve, is a sacred New Year’s Eve tradition in Black communities rooted in Christian worship and remembrance of Dec. 31, 1862, when enslaved and free African ...

On Jan. 1, Bartow County will continue a tradition dating back to 1929 with an event commemorating the passage of the ...

Christmas morning on St. Thomas, just before dawn, brings choirs and artists to the David Monsanto Bandstand in Emancipation ...

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Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalist Church Racial Justice Task Force will soon present events in celebration of Kwanzaa.

The Emancipation Garden Christmas Card, Inc. in partnership with the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts, proudly announces ...

The Barbara Rose Johns statue sits in the U.S. Capitol due to her determination to fight against segregation as a teen.

Every year, the Montgomery Emancipation Association pauses to remember the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The authorized edition of the historical text is part of Christie's upcoming "We the People: America at 250" auction, which ...

All are welcome to join the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) and Museum of African American History Boston I Nantucket for a free performance to celebrate freedom and honor the progress for human rights ...

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22nd, 1862, but it didn't go into full effect until January 1, 1863. That historic proclamation didn't immediately ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — The 100th Emancipation Celebration continued this morning in Ewert Park. Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died Mom Worried If New Rescue ...