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The Many Meanings of the Emancipation Proclamation: A Panel Discussion

During Greensboro’s Emancipation Proclamation Awareness Month, learn more from area scholars at a panel discussion and conversation with:

Dr. Arwin Smallwood, Professor and Chair, History Dept., North Carolina A&T State University:
“The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on African-Americans in North Carolina,” particularly Eastern North Carolina

Dr. Paul Escott, Reynolds Professor, History Dept., Wake Forest University:
“Who Freed the Slaves?,” including how a war for preservation of the Union became a war for emancipation, and how that emancipation still remained limited, in terms of equal rights and racial issues

Dr. Mark Elliott, Associate Professor, History Dept., UNC-Greensboro:
“Emancipation and American Nationalism,” its impact on American ideals and how British emancipation influenced American abolitionists and added pressure for America to end slavery

Make a free reservation by calling Mary Allen at 336.373.2982.

This program made possible by the City of Greensboro, Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc. and the John Floy Wicker Endowment.

Meet Mr. Lincoln

During Greensboro’s Emancipation Proclamation Awareness Month, meet President Abraham Lincoln in a one-man show featuring veteran actor Peter Holland. The time in history will be late 1863, the same year as the Proclamation and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Free performances are Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. For a sneak peek of this show, visit the Once Upon a Blue Ridge website.

Make a free reservation by calling Mary Allen at 336-373-2982 or by visiting the Greensboro Historical Museum website. Reserve early, as seating is limited.

Made possible by the Lincoln Financial Foundation, City of Greensboro, Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc., and John Floy Wicker Endowment

Meet Mr. Lincoln

During Greensboro’s Emancipation Proclamation Awareness Month, meet President Abraham Lincoln in a one-man show featuring veteran actor Peter Holland. The time in history will be late 1863, the same year as the Proclamation and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Free performances are Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. For a sneak peek of this show, visit the Once Upon a Blue Ridge website.

Make a free reservation by calling Mary Allen at 336-373-2982 or by visiting the Greensboro Historical Museum website. Reserve early, as seating is limited.

Meet Mr. Lincoln

During Greensboro’s Emancipation Proclamation Awareness Month, meet President Abraham Lincoln in a one-man show featuring veteran actor Peter Holland. The time in history will be late 1863, the same year as the Proclamation and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Free performances are Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m. For a sneak peek of this show, visit the Once Upon a Blue Ridge website.

Make a free reservation by calling Mary Allen at 336-373-2982 or by visiting the Greensboro Historical Museum website. Reserve early, as seating is limited.

Made possible by the Lincoln Financial Foundation, City of Greensboro, Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc., and John Floy Wicker Endowment

The Emancipation Proclamation: Voices to Freedom

A rare opportunity to see an original 1864 printed Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln. An inkwell and photographs of the Lincoln family will also be on view. Visitors will hear the voices and shared stories of African Americans’ continued efforts for freedom and equality in the Voices of a City: Greensboro North Carolina exhibition.

The Lincoln documents and objects are on loan and are part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection at the Indiana State Museum. The collection was given to the State of Indiana by the Lincoln Financial Foundation in 2008. The Indiana State Museum is home to the historic objects and art while books, documents, photographs and periodicals are curated at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

Free admission; museum hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 5 and Sunday 2 – 5.

This exhibition project made possible by Lincoln Financial Foundation, City of Greensboro, Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc., and John Floy Wicker Endowment