Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lyceum Holds Big Emancipation Meeting

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Lyceum Holds Big Emancipation Meeting

Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Emancipation, Emancipation Meeting, Zion Baptist Church, Lyceum, Rev. P. Matthews, Ella Hickman, Beulet Hall, Clara Allen, Leon Allen, G. Grant Williams, Academy of Music, Charles H. Brooks, Rev. F. H. Butler, Loar M. E. Church, Rev. W. H. Moses

A meeting held by Paul Lawrence Dunbar at the Zion Baptist Church celebrating the annual Emancipation Day on January 4, 1918. The celebration included speeches, the reading of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, as well as singing.

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

January 5, 1918

Kevin Mihalcik

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