Emancipation Day Parade
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This photograph shows an emancipation day parade in Richmond, Virginia in the early-twentieth century. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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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…