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and good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington continuing right now on msnbc, reports, a powerful reminder of our nation's painful history as americans across the nation celebrate juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in america. we'll take a look at the history of this holiday and how president biden is making a new push to engage black voters this year. a critical part of his base with a campaign co-chair south carolina congressman james clyburn. plus, a primary nail biter in virginia today, can the chair of the house freedom caucus hold onto his seat or will his trump-b...

How a Miniature Emancipation Proclamation Helped Recruit Black Soldiers During the Civil War Time 1 hr ago Madeline Zehnder / History Today © Alex Wong—AFP via Getty Images Page one of the original Emancipation Proclamation is seen Jan. 19, 2003, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Picture the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War-era executive order that changed the legal status of enslaved African Americans in secessionist states, and you might imagine a large broadside, perhaps nailed to a tree or held aloft by Abraham Lincoln. But one of the earliest edi...

And teachers from the north come to port royal to educate them. >> we did more than patrick henry... >> they seem to be taking to the letters real quick, general. >> once a man has knowledge, he'll not be satisfied unless he also hasreed. i want you to draft order ifhe predent is too timid to make a stand, then i will. >> eation s happening in the civil war well before the emancipation proclamation. generals in the south like david hunter actually issued their own emancipation proclamations in the territory they controlled. this panicked the white house and the lincoln administration. >> any n...

The civil war well before the emancipation proclamation. generals in the south like david hunter actually issued their own emancipation proclamations in the territory they controlled. this panicked the white house and the lincoln administration. >> any news, father? >> no good news. general hunter has taken it upon himself to emancipate the contraband in port royal. >> is this really bad news mr. president? >> elizabeth is right. >> elizabeth keckley emerged as the favored seamstress of women of power. when mary todd lincoln came to town, she went to the most popular seamstress in washington. ...

But not licensed, i mean, in my state, i could set up and sell rifles out of the back of a pickup truck like watermelons and there's no law stopping me. >> the executive order would include something like that, impose restrictions on being able to resell your gun to someone else. what are you going to be talking about specifically on tuesday with the president? >> we're going to be talking about things that the president can do by executive order, there are some things he cannot do. he cannot write law but he can by executive order do things to identify and make clear what requires a person to...