Emancipation Day Parade
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Emancipation Day celebrations were popular occasions throughout former slave states in the years after the Civil War. The celebration shown in this photograph was held in Richmond, Virginia in 1905. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Lexington Colored Fair Association
Lexington Colored Fair Association
Historical Marker # 1961 notes the importance of the Lexington Colored Fair Association, which highlighted the achievements of African Americans to society in the years following emancipation.
Most often relegated to second class status by…