Tag: Emancipation
Emancipation Day celebrations revived in Brantford
Emancipation Day celebrations resumed in Brantford on Sunday after an absence of more than 100 years. The House of Commons unanimously declared August 1 as Emancipation Day marking the day…
Emancipation Day draws crowd to Josiah Henson museum
News Local News Published Jul 29, 2023 • 2 minute read Calvin Lawrence, of London Gospel Collective, belts out a note during the group’s performance Saturday at the Josiah Henson…
Russia: the dream of emancipation of ethnic minorities
Imagine an American flag, whose bands would not be blue but green, and the stars replaced by snowflakes. Painted about ten years ago by the Siberian artist Damir Mouratov, this…
Will Smith is back – and shows why he’s an Oscar winner in the new trailer for Emancipation
Will Smith was in the news this year with an unprecedented Oscar scandal and was banned from the Academy for 10 years. Nevertheless, his new film is one of the…
Emancipation in classical music
Amy Beach was born in 1867. She was a child prodigy who already composed a few simple waltzes at the age of 4. When she was six years old, she…