From the West Alabama Newsroom– New Year’s Day is a day that many people spend looking forward towards the future — or reflecting on the year that was. But some people in Dallas County — look back even farther. On January 1st — 163 years ago — President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a key step in…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Folks in Selma spent the first day of 2025 commemorating a historic event that happened 162 years ago — at one of the city’s historic churches. The annual commemoration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was held at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. President Lincoln signed the historic document freeing the slaves — on January…
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.
From the West Alabama Newsroom, people in Dallas County spent New Year’s Day at church — commemorating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Nearly 100 people turned out at New Morning Star Baptist Church for the annual observance. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — January 1, 1863. The proclamation freed all persons being held as slaves in rebellious…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in Dallas County spent part of New Year’s Day celebrating the signing of the historic document that freed the slaves. Its the 155th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln. A program commemorating the signing was held at New Bethel Baptist Church in Orrville. The event was coordinated by the…
