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June 16, 2025 12:11 ET | Source: National Civil Rights Museum

National Civil Rights Museum celebrates Juneteenth with a focus on community and health

Memphis, TN, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is celebrating the Juneteenth holiday on June 19 with free museum admission, vital community health services, and...
November 18, 2013 15:07 ET | Source: Gettysburg College

Compromised equality, compromised freedom: the Gettysburg Address 150 years later

GETTYSBURG, PA., Nov. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scott Hancock, a history and Africana studies professor at Gettysburg College, recently discussed Lincoln's views on slavery and inequality, and why...
February 12, 2013 08:43 ET | Source: Gettysburg College

Emancipation a Central Goal of Civil War, Says 2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize-Winning Book

GETTYSBURG, Pa., Feb. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2013 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize will go to James Oakes of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, for "Freedom National: The...