The State Journal-Register

See Lincoln’s signed Emancipation Proclamation in Springfield now

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln is available for public viewing at the Abraham ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN

Abraham Lincoln library, museum to showcase Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln lying in state after his assassination. Lincoln signed the proclamation ordering the end of slavery on Jan. 1 ...

A print of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln will be auctioned by Christie's

Less than a year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, while our nascent nation was still in ...
wandtv.com

Rare copy of Emancipation Proclamation coming to Springfield in new year

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will display a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation beginning Jan ...
The Grio

The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a country — and the work still to be done

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There’s more to celebrate on Jan. 1 than the start of a new year. It’s ...
Oneida Dispatch

Watch Night for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation Dec. 31

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum  will exhibit a facsimile of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a gift ...
Time

How a Miniature Emancipation Proclamation Helped Recruit Black Soldiers During the Civil War

Picture the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War-era executive order that changed the legal status of enslaved African Americans in secessionist states, and you might imagine a large broadside, ...
Today

Experience the Emancipation Proclamation — no movie tickets required

While the fight to end slavery in the U.S. is winning hearts and minds at movie theaters — on Thursday, “Lincoln,” the movie, earned 12 Academy Award nominations — travelers seeking a more intimate ...
abc27

September 23, 1862: The First Emancipation Proclamation goes public

WASHINGTON (WHTM) — In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. One of the details that ...
The Christian Century

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Allen Guelzo’s book leads us into contested territory. For more than a generation after the Civil War, Francis B. Carpenter’s painting “The Emancipation Proclamation,” portraying Lincoln as the great ...
NPR

The Emancipation Proclamation: A Public Document

For the 150th birthday of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Archives is displaying the original document for members of the public to visit. A'Lelia Bundles, chair and president of the board ...
The Atlantic

The Wholly Misunderstood Emancipation Proclamation

One of the more interesting arguments I've had to adjust to since diving into the Civil War is the cynic's denunciation of the Emancipation Proclamation as a document which didn't do anything. I ...