Emancipation Proclamation Service 2022

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Emancipation Proclamation Service 2022

Rev. Kenny Irby, senior pastor of Bethel AME Church, delivered the keynote address at the 2022 Emancipation Proclamation Service, held at Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church on Jan. 1. BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG - When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it not only delivered certain enslaved […]

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