Emancipation Day Parade
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This historic photograph shows from the early-twentieth century shows an emancipation day parade in Jenkins, Kentucky. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
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8th of August
Historical Marker #1957 in Paducah commemorates the eighth day of August. African Americans in Paducah have traditionally observed this day in celebration of their ancestors' emancipation from slavery.
Even before the guns fell silent at the…