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as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery
the Emancipation Proclamation was merely the first step in the full enfranchisement of African-Americans
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The show is organized around themes including sensuality, spirituality, joy, revelry and emancipation.—
Emily LaBarge,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025 -
For Augustus and others, being paid to be exploited was not emancipation.—
Nyya Toussaint / Made by History,
TIME,
31 Dec. 2024
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Scrapbooks, usually memorializing a family or group history, were popularized in America during the Civil War, and used during the suffrage and abolition movement to preserve newspaper clippings.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
9 Jan. 2025
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By making suffrage central to the story of Wilson’s presidency, Cox reaches devastating conclusions.—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Jan. 2025
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Through his teachings and activism, Garvey became a towering figure in the global fight for Black liberation, influencing leaders like Malcolm X and major movements for Black liberation.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
19 Jan. 2025
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Gordon’s seven cases range from the late-nineteenth-century settlement house movement, which sought to alleviate poverty and inequality, to the twentieth-century struggle for women’s liberation, the largest social movement in American history.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Enfranchisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchisement. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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