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Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong>Freedom Rising:</strong></div>
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<div style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The 150th Anniversary of
the Emancipation Proclamation and </strong><strong
style="font-size: 14pt;">African American Military Service
in the Civil War</strong></div>
<div style="font-size: 14pt;">May 2-4, 2013 </div>
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<div>In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation several Greater Boston
educational, historical, and cultural organizations are
collaborating to present <strong style="font-size:
11pt;"><em>Freedom Rising: The 150th Anniversary of
The Emancipation Proclamation and African American
Military Service in the Civil War</em></strong><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"> from May 2 through 4, 2013.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">The second
founding of the United States took place in the midst of
the great sacrifice and destruction of the American Civil
War. Before the war, slavery was protected by the
Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that no
African American possessed any right that white men were
bound to respect. During the war, blacks served in the
armed forces with distinction, making a Union victory
possible. After the war, slavery was extinguished and
black men gained the right to vote-key to full
citizenship-and many won election to state legislatures in
the North and South and to both houses of Congress. The
key document of this transformation is the Emancipation
Proclamation.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><em>Freedom
Rising</em> takes place throughout Greater Boston with
lectures by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian <strong>Eric
Foner</strong> and others, a Symposium focusing on the
hemispheric impact of the Emancipation Proclamation, and <strong><em>Roots
of Liberty</em></strong>, a performance with special
guests <strong>Danny Glover</strong>, <strong>Henry
Louis Gates, Jr.</strong>, and author <strong>Edwidge
Danticat</strong> exploring the impact of the Haitian
Revolution on the antislavery movement and the Civil War.
All events are free and open to the public. </div>
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<div style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><em><strong>Freedom
Rising</strong></em> coincides with exhibitions at
Harvard University's Houghton Library and at the Museum of
African American History. <br>
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face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif">5/2/13 </font></td>
<td style="width: 127px;"><font
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face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif">Museum
of African American History -African Meeting
House - 46 Joy Street, Beacon Hill, MA 02114</font></td>
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6pm-7:30pm</font></td>
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style="font-size: 13px;">Opening
keynote Address: <b>Eric Foner</b>,
Dewitt Clinton Professor of American
History, Columbia University. For
other lectures in this series see: <a
href="http://maah.org/"
target="_blank">ww.maah.org</a><br>
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style="font-size: 13px;">5/3/13</font><font
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<td style="width: 100px;"><font
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face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 22px;">Radcliffe
Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard
University - 10 Garden Street, Cambridge,
MA 02138</span></font></td>
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face="MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif"><span
style="line-height: 22px;"> 9am-5pm</span></font></td>
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style="font-size: 13px;">daylong
symposium will be held at Harvard
University. The discussions will
focus on the Emancipation
Proclamation and its hemispheric
impact, the recruitment of black
troops, black communities, black
women, and legacy in art. You can
RSVP for this event</font><a
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style="line-height: 22px;">Tremont Temple
Baptist Church <br>
88 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02108 <br>
<b>Roots of Liberty - The Haitian
Revolution and the American Civil War</b></span></font></td>
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style="line-height: 22px;">5p.m.-7p.m.
Doors open at 4:30.</span></font></td>
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Produced by Underground Railway
Theater, in residence at Central
Square Theater. A performance
celebrating the Haitian Revolution
on the American Civil war - the
antislavery movement and African
American soldiers, set in Boston's
historic Tremont Temple, where the
Emancipation Proclamation was read
in 1863. Special guests include
Danny Glover, author Edwidge
Danticat, and Henry Louis Gates,
Jr. </font><span style="font-size:
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