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Declaration: January Is Freedmen History Month: A New Chapter in American Recognition
On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, marking a defining legal moment in American history. Yet for generations, the people most directly impacted—Freedmen—have watched their unique identity buried beneath broad racial categories and erased from public consciousness. That ends now. The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust (FRFT) has formally declared January as Freedmen History Month, honoring the emancipation of our people not just as a historical mom
Freedmen Nation
May 28, 20252 min read
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