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The story behind the faces Although the Emancipation Proclamation was a monumental document in our Nation's history, reaffirming the Constitutional doctrine stating that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL," the struggle for equality was by no means an easy one for early African-Americans. Their challenge was to fill the void left by countless unfilled promises. As time elapsed in our Nation's history, promises to African-Americans quickly turned into restrictions against them, and violations of these restrictions yielded dangerous liabilities. Thus, the ushering in the infamous "JIM CROW" era is but one example of the mistreatment that ultimately catapulted millions of African-Americans into writing their own documents of history. This photographic collage entitled "Emancipation," attempts to convey the poignant message of African-Americans struggles, by capturing the images of courageous men and women who walked on the well traveled path towards freedom, whether it be freedom by expression of mind or freedom by way of symbolism. These men and women, encompassing artist, patriots, martyrs, athletes, educators, social activists, religious and civil rights leaders, they are only a small army of the many freedom fighters who served as a reminder, and as educational tool for the next generation of leaders, who also wish to emancipate themselves, now from metal slavery 1860's, 1870's, 1920's, 1930's, 1930s, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's ,1960s, 1967, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, abolition, acceptance, activism, activist,actor, Adam, africa African, American Farm, African American, US Cadet, Nurse, African American's in Ballet, African DNA africanamerican, afropix, blogspot, com alabama and anti-racism, art, Arts, assassination, athlete, atlanta, audio, autobiography, Baghdad, Ballet, Barack, baseball, basketball, beauty, black, black and white, black life, black maid, tribute, black nationalism, blacksmith, blues, boston, Brigade, britain, broadway, Bronx, Buffalo Soldiers, business, cafe, california, calypso celebrate celebrating history champion childhood discipline children's games choices church, civil rights, civil war, Classical, classrooms, Clayton, collecting, collections, college, college, admissions, color blindness, comedy, community, connectivity, conservation, conserving, controversy, culture, dance, Dearborn, differences,, discovery doctor, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, educate, education, educator, embrace, empowering, environments, escape, europe, expatriat,e experience, Fairlane, family, female, vocalist, film, folk, from, genealogy, ghana, gift, Gordon, gospel, graduation, Great, Depression, hampton university, harlem, hbcu, healing, Henry Ford, high school, Hiphop, Historical, Society, history ,hockey, holidays, hope, hospital,segregated, howard university, hurricane katrina, IBMers, ice hockey, IndiVisible, industrialism, industry, Infantry, innovation, inspire, Iraq, islam, jazz, Jena 6, Jersey, jim crow, journalism, journeys, Kansas University, Lawrence Kansas, lawsuit, library, literature, love, male, vocalist, march on washington, martin luther king, mass media, media, medical, medicine, men, mexico, military, Model T, cracker, monument, museum, museums, music, naacp, Native American, negro, New, new orleans, Newark, North Northwest, Nutcracker, Obama, opera, oral history, orator, Pacific, pacifism, pain, painting, paris, peace, Performing, persistence, philadelphia, photograph, photographer, photography, playwright, poetry ,police, policeman, politics, portraits, pottery, Powell, preservation, preserving, president, President Obama, propaganda, psychiatric ,quilt, race, racism, rebellion, reconciliation, reflect, reflecting, reform, remember, remembrance, resistance, reveal, revolution, revolutionary, revolutionary war, sacred, santamonica, satchmo, school, school athletics school integration, scurlock, segregated, accomodations, segregated theaters, segregation, sha,ring, shopping and eating, siblings, singer, sisters, slavery, sncc, social, network, Soldier, souls of black folk, South Dakota, Spellman, spoken, word,Stories ,storytelling Stryker surf surfer surfing the south Topeka Kansas tradition, travelling to the South, underground railroad ,university, unveil, Upbuilding, upward, mobility, virginia vision voice War washington dc water waves weapon woman women's rights woodcarving, writer, young, youth,nigger,black history posters,black panther party, american civil rights movement,mistad 1839,american lynchings,Angela Davis,anti slavery in america,assassination dr martin luther king,bill cosby,frederick douglass,black american history month,black civil rights,blacks in baseball,brown v board of education 1954,carter godwin woodson,David Walker Appeal,Death of Emmett Till,Noble Drew Ali,black art, african american art,haitian history posters,