Emancipation Day (September 22)

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Making September 22 be a National Holiday

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I think September 22 should be a recognized national Holiday. It is the day that President Lincoln issued the Emancipation proclamation. I think it should be recognized because it was actually the start of the civil rights movement. It would celebrate the human race as a whole and not by where you come from or what your skin is like.

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# 38:

8:01 am PDT, Aug 26, Andi Alnwick, New York

# 37:

6:38 am PDT, Aug 6, Laura Campanelli, Florida

# 36:

8:57 am PDT, Aug 5, Cheetah The Chimp, New York
Free at last, free at last! Thank God almight my mammy and me be free at last!!!

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9:28 am PDT, Jul 31, LuCy J Boogaard, Netherlands

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9:13 am PDT, Jul 31, Tamarah Swensen, Netherlands

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2:50 pm PDT, Jul 30, Pamela White, North Carolina

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7:30 pm PDT, Jul 20, Sheldon Johnson, New York

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3:47 pm PDT, Jul 16, Name not displayed, Tennessee

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4:57 am PDT, Jul 13, J Steven Reese, Alaska
All beings deserve to have their rights recognized by others.

# 28:

3:43 pm PDT, Jul 10, Merissa Hatcher, Kentucky

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9:58 am PDT, Jul 6, Moira Ashleigh, Massachusetts
I celebrate diversity and having a holiday that supports this not just for race but for religion and sexual orientation would be lovely. M

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9:05 pm PDT, Jul 5, Dolores Pena-Davis, California

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8:44 am PDT, Jul 4, Apolonia Pi, Poland

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1:08 am PDT, Jul 4, Olanga Jarsky, Massachusetts

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5:37 pm PDT, Jul 3, BiLL Fowlie, Maine

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8:56 am PDT, Jul 3, J Peterson, Nevada

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8:45 am PDT, Jul 3, Jill Lambert, Missouri

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3:05 pm PDT, Jul 2, Annelies Ooms, Belgium

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3:14 am PDT, Jul 2, Steve Klein, Canada

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12:48 am PDT, Jul 2, Chris Burgess, Oregon

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12:05 am PDT, Jul 2, Pam Boland, Georgia

# 16:

11:54 pm PDT, Jul 1, Doddie Amella, New Jersey

# 15:

11:20 pm PDT, Jul 1, Lubna Ibrahim, Jordan
it's very important for the new generation of America especially the African Americans to acknowledge and learn more about their ancestors' history of sufferings and oppression not to build contempt and hatred towards white people NO but to understand and appreciate their ancestors' will ,strength and determination to fight for their freedom through learning more about Malcom X. Martin luther king and such great leaders.

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10:11 pm PDT, Jul 1, Bec Mason, Australia

# 13:

8:05 pm PDT, Jul 1, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania

# 12:

5:12 pm PDT, Jul 1, Lyn Gottschalk, Wisconsin

# 11:

4:13 pm PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, New York

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2:06 pm PDT, Jul 1, Daniel Simoni, Florida
Hope it works

# 9:

1:59 pm PDT, Jul 1, Ron Stephen, Canada

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11:11 am PDT, Jul 1, Zafer Erturk, Turkey

# 7:

11:09 am PDT, Jul 1, Jamshid Lotfi, Maryland

# 6:

9:21 am PDT, Jul 1, Anja Gundermann, Germany

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8:48 am PDT, Jul 1, Esteban Rios, Argentina

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8:34 am PDT, Jul 1, Paul Bruce-joy, United Kingdom

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8:20 am PDT, Jul 1, Vidya Sims, California

# 2:

7:54 am PDT, Jul 1, Roger Huntley, Michigan
We should make this a day to honour our great president Abraham Lincoln.

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7:48 am PDT, Jul 1, Tammy Huntley, Michigan
This would be a great way to celebrate civil liberties:)

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