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as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the Emancipation Proclamation was merely the first step in the full enfranchisement of African-Americans
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After emancipation and Reconstruction, which brought the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments — abolishing slavery, granting citizenship, and extending voting rights to Black men — a backlash emerged in Jim Crow laws.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025 -
Soon, an even larger emancipation was taking place along the Mississippi River.—
Scott Spillman,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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They have been involved in advocating for the protection of Native Americans’ rights, were early abolitionists and had many leaders involved in the women’s suffrage movement, according to History.com.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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These moments were not radical signs of social change, but helped to birth a movement of collective action that would drive the rest of the 19th century through labor unions, social reforms, and women’s suffrage.—
Elizabeth M. Reese / Made by History,
TIME,
26 Nov. 2024
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It is set to world premiere in the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Dokumente lineup on Tuesday, Feb. 18, shortly after the recent 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Last week, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — also known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day — 60-some Ohio State University students, armed with bullhorns, posters, and winter jackets, encircled the Schottenstein Chabad House, OSU’s Jewish Student Center.—
Kayla Bartsch,
National Review,
6 Feb. 2025
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