This program will consist of 2 lectures: (1) A New Day Begun: The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the Nation's Capital, Maryland and Virginia, given by renown Historian of the African Diaspora and author, C.R.
Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League®
in partnership with the District of Columbia Government
Emancipation Day Community Celebration
This is an Emancipation Day Awards Program honoring individuals, organizations, and institutions in the District of Columbia that have made outstanding contributions in the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.
Explore the journey from slavery to freedom between the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington. The panelists will discuss the Emancipation Proclamation, and the continuing struggle for freedom, justice, and equality during Reconstruction, as well as the Tilden-Hayes Compromise and Jim Crow laws. John Franklin of the National Museum of African American History and Culture will moderate a panel including C. R.
A forum on the commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington, and the triumphant struggle for freedom, justice, and equality
Please join us on Tuesday, February 12 for an enlightening panel discussion on the dynamic role that Frederick Douglass played in the history of Washington, DC during the era of Post-Emancipation.
Our Distinguished panel: Ka'mal Mclarin, the curator of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site; Dr. Clifford L. Muse, Jr., Howard University Archivist and Associate Director of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center; and John Muller, journalist and author of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION VIEWING - 3 days only at the National Archives: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 10am to 5pm. Monday, December 31st, 2012, 10am to 1am (extended hours); and Tuesday, January 1, 2013, 10am to 5pm.
Mark this historic inauguration week by joining us for a free, 90-minute walking tour, "From Slavery to Freedom in Adams Morgan," on Sunday, January 20th at 1:00pm. starting at the Sun Trust Bank Plaza at 18th Street and Columbia Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. Our starting point at 18th Street and Columbia Road is about an 8 minute walk from the Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Red Line Metro buses nearby are the 42, L2, H1, 90, 92, 96, 98, and the Adams Morgan Circulator.
In honor of its 150th anniversary, government officials and Lincoln scholars will come together at President Lincoln's Cottage to present new insights into the Emancipation Proclamation. This free panel presentation, open to the public and produced in partnership by President Lincoln's Cottage and the United States Commission on Civil Rights, will feature Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, Professor Spencer Crew, Professor Allen Guelzo, and Professor Lucas Morel.
2012 marks both the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 and the 125th anniversary of the community of Brookland, the Catholic University of America's home and neighborhood. In celebration of both, John Feeley and Rosie Dempsey will give a presentation of images from Brookland's past from their research for their recently published book, Brookland.
