Detroit, Feb. 23: A Revolutionary Perspective on the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War

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African American History Month Commemoration 2013

Saturday, February 23, 2013, 5-8 p.m.

5920 Second Ave. at Antoinette, Detroit — North of Wayne State University Campus

Dinner providing African American cuisine will be served

Speakers: Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor and Tachae Davis, WW Youth Fraction, Chair: Debbie Johnson, Workers World Party, Detroit Branch

Sponsors: WWP Detroit and the Harriet Tubman School

Contact: (313) 671-3715

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African American History Month Program Commemorates 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

150 years ago in 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the-then President Abraham Lincoln. The document did not end slavery or the Civil War (1861-1865) that was raging at the time. Despite claims from the corporate media and revisionist historical accounts, the system of slavery was destroyed by the revolts of enslaved Africans, their participation in the Civil War on the side of the Union forces and the contributions to these efforts by genuine abolitionists.

Come out to a public program honoring African American History Month where a revolutionary perspective will be shared on the actual developments that led to the overthrow of the system of slavery and the Union victory against the slave-holding Confederacy in 1865. Also the role of Africans in the attempted Reconstruction of democracy in the United States after the end of slavery and the Civil War as well as the struggle for self-determination and full-equality for the former enslaved population will be examined.

Speakers for this event will be Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire and a contributing editor for Workers World newspaper, and Tachae Davis of the Workers World Youth Fraction and a contributing writer to Can’t Jail the Revolution blog. Debbie Johnson, a veteran organizer for Workers World Detroit branch, will chair this educational meeting.

This event is open to the general public. A dinner featuring African American cuisine will be served.

Donations will be accepted for this event but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.