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Group Working To Publicize 1867’s ‘Fourth Of July To Remember’

Source: WUKY

On Independence Day in 1867, an estimated 10,000 African Americans gathered in Lexington, Kentucky, to hear prominent civil rights leaders speak. Read this article for an account of the almost-forgotten event.

This entry was posted in A New Birth of Freedom and tagged Culture & Society, History on July 1, 2020 by Chandler Gifford.

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