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Where has a dream become reality? |
On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. Because of the efforts of Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr., a law was signed in 1947, making February 1st National Freedom Day. As this is also National African American History month, as proclaimed by President Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/31/presidential-proclamation-national-african-american-history-month-2014 let us honor those who have come before us to pave the way of the abolishment of slavery and racism.