David Mura: “I was taught that the Emancipation Proclamation was passed, the 13th 14th 15th Amendment was passed, and everything was fine.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2023/02/minnesota-author-david-muras-new-book-explores-how-racism-infects-the-past-and-present/

In June 1963, King spoke in Detroit and opened with the same recognition of Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation before noting that 100 years later, Black people in the U.S. were not free.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5531253/mlks-dream-for-america-is-one-of-the-stars-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-1963-march-on-washington/

It’s the long shadow of slavery — the persistent specter of systemic racism and inequality looming over the daily lives of Black Americans in the United States 160 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Source: https://seattlemedium.com/include-black-student-voices-in-reparations-conversation/

Still today, these celebrations continue with Leon County and other areas being home to reenactments of events in the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation itself.

Source: https://ecbpublishing.com/the-historical-value-of-may-20th/

The symbolic reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at midnight was a key highlight of the jubilee.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/minister-grange-encourages-jamaicans-to-push-for-reparations/