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Tag: Presidential ProclamationJanuary 14 – Day of Mourning for Martin Luther KingBorn on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States. President Lyndon B. Johnson issued this proclamation for a national day of mourning after King was assasinated on April 4, 1968. Posted by Darren Cole on January 14, 2011, under April, Documents, January. January 1 – Emancipation ProclamationPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious areas “are, and henceforward shall be free.” Posted by Darren Cole on January 1, 2011, under Documents, January. |
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