Being Leaders of 'Change'
February 08, 2013
February 08, 2013
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news:
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which legally freed African Americans from slavery during the Civil War. But their plight for equality continued to be a highly contentious issue in America for many years to come.
In 1963, the civil rights movement peaked with the March on Washington and the dictation of what is arguably the most famous speech in our nation' . . .
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which legally freed African Americans from slavery during the Civil War. But their plight for equality continued to be a highly contentious issue in America for many years to come.
In 1963, the civil rights movement peaked with the March on Washington and the dictation of what is arguably the most famous speech in our nation' . . .