/tags/emancipation-proclamation Emancipation Proclamation en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:07:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-01-09/missouri-history-museum-commemorates-the-states-emancipation-day This Thursday, Jan. 11, marks 153 years since slaves in Missouri were finally freed from bondage. Missouri’s Emancipation Day will be commemorated at the… Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:07:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-01-09/missouri-history-museum-commemorates-the-states-emancipation-day Lara Hamdan /government-politics-issues/2015-12-09/lawmakers-celebrate-150th-anniversary-of-13th-amendment In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln saw his home state of Illinois become the first to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, banning slavery. He’d… Wed, 09 Dec 2015 23:36:35 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-12-09/lawmakers-celebrate-150th-anniversary-of-13th-amendment /2013-06-18/dred-scott-descendant-lynne-m-jackson-on-honoring-family-legacy-and-learning-from-the-past As the great-great granddaughter of Dred Scott, the slave whose decision to sue for his freedom led to the Supreme Court decision that African Americans… Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT /2013-06-18/dred-scott-descendant-lynne-m-jackson-on-honoring-family-legacy-and-learning-from-the-past /arts-culture/2013-05-17/annual-mary-meachum-freedom-crossing-event-celebrates-150th-emancipation-proclamation-anniversary The Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing, on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, will be turned into a Civil War training camp tomorrow at the 11th… Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:06 GMT /arts-culture/2013-05-17/annual-mary-meachum-freedom-crossing-event-celebrates-150th-emancipation-proclamation-anniversary /arts/2012-12-31/reflections-on-the-emancipation-proclamation This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 31, 2013 - On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, one… Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:56:31 GMT /arts/2012-12-31/reflections-on-the-emancipation-proclamation John C. Wade