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DID YOU KNOW ...(Emancipation Proclamation to be on display at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture)(this and other items are discussed)(Brief Article)
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American Visions
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August 1, 2000
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... The Emancipation Proclamation will be on exhibit at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from September 22 to October 1? The document-which is the only existing draft copy in Abraham Lincoln's own hand of the preliminary proclamation, issued September 22, 1862--is currently housed at the New York State Library in Albany. The proclamation has rarely been exhibited and has never before been exhibited in a black community. For further information, call (212) 491-2200.
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