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How City of Detroit played a significant role in fight to protect those who were still enslaved
Read full article: How City of Detroit played a significant role in fight to protect those who were still enslavedJuneteenth commemorates the announcement of emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865.This happened more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.
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Detroit training ground helped prepare Black troops to fight in Civil War
Read full article: Detroit training ground helped prepare Black troops to fight in Civil WarA vacant lot near the Coleman A. Young Community Center on Detroit’s east side was once a training ground for Black men during the Civil War.
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