By Michael Davis | National Archives News WASHINGTON, August 22, 2023 – The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) marks the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with a film screening and discussion of director James Blue’s 1964 film The March on August 25 at 7 p.m. ET in the William G. McGowan Theater in the National Archives Building.
Michael Davis | National Archives News On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which informed the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. This day has come to be known as Juneteenth, a combination of June and 19th. It is also called
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By Michael Davis | National Archives News
WASHINGTON, February 2, 2021âIn advance of African American History month, the National Archives and the National Archives Foundation presented a number of programs in January on the continuing struggle for Black equality and civil rights from the Civil War forward. This yearâs theme for African American History month in February is âThe Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity.â
In video messages filmed at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero introduced most of the virtual events.
The first live virtual event on the list, which took place on January 14, was the Young Learners ProgramâMeet the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.