Path to Emancipation
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
A traveling exhibit finds a home in downtown Asheville for Black History Month, with a spotlight slavery in America.The path to emancipation exhibit is at the YMI Cultural Center.Marking the the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.Each panel outlines the struggle for freedom by enslaved people in our state and across the nation.Roy Harris, YMI Cultural Center, but they were a vital part of the economy. And as we start black history month, we just want children to know that slavery is a part of most southerners lives, whether we're black or white.The Path to Emancipation exhibit will remain at YMI Cultural Center through Wednesday. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
