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Discover the rich history and profound significance of Black Emancipation Day celebrations, where faith, resilience, and culture united to reclaim freedom in a new book by Blair LM Kelley

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The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an...

In the red clay fields of Georgia, a man named Solicitor rose before dawn to tend the land he did not own. He was a sharecropper, a laborer, and a father. His name was passed down along with stories o...