On Thursday, January 1, 2015, Atlanta NAACP will hold its annual Jubilee Day celebration in observance of the Emancipation Proclamation at Mount Ephraim Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The Jubilee Day celebration will highlight disparities in the recent killing of African-American males and how they are profiled and murdered without justifiable…
The Illusion of the Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves who are in states in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” However, since 1863 and the so called ending of slavery, many blacks should ask the question “are we truly free?” Now many of you…