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This Week In Black History April 16-22, 2025 (atlantatribune.com)

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From the Atlanta Tribune:

Edward “Duke” Ellington APRIL 16 1862—President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill ending slavery in Washington, D.C. Approximately nine months later he would issue the Emancipation Proclamation which had a highly emotional and symbolic impact but actually freed very few slaves when it was first pronounced. The Proclamation targeted slaves in the South. But at […]

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