JUBILEE DAY CELEBRATES EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. African-Americans gathered Sunday to celebrate Jubilee Day, marking the 133rd anniversary of the signing of one of the most important documents in U.S. history. "Jubilee Day is a day when we commemorate the signing of a piece of paper by a president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. . The piece of paper was the Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation, in U.S. history, the executive order abolishing slavery in the Confederate States of America. Desire for Such a Proclamation ," Buddy Hogan of the San Fernando Valley branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and segregation. told about 150 people at Calvary Baptist Church. "We want to thank our forefathers forefathers npl → antepasados mpl forefathers npl → ancêtres mpl forefathers npl → Vorfahren and foremothers, who for over 180 years, and at the loss of several million lives, persevered," Hogan said. President Lincoln issued the order Jan. 1, 1863, freeing slaves in territories still at war with the Union. Jubilee Day, organized by the San Fernando Valley branch of the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. , was marked by songs and oratory touching on several issues facing African-Americans: affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. , racism, government downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing and the legacy of slavery. Gregory Kimble, business manager of the San Fernando Valley African-American Chronicle News, warned that federal government cutbacks will eliminate many aid programs. "It's going to be up to us as a community to start supporting ourselves," he stated. The Rev. Curry McKinney, president of the San Fernando Valley Ministers Fellowship, called for "affirmative opportunity" to replace affirmative action. "We need to have 'Team America,' where everybody plays," he said. A troubling trend in recent years is the growing preoccupation among African-Americans with the individual over the collective good, said Zedar Broadous, president of the NAACP's San Fernando Valley branch. Invoking the theme of the Jubilee Day celebration, Broadous, whose father founded Calvary Baptist Church, said: "Together we shall rise to victory." The Emancipation Proclamation was the forerunner to the 13th Amendment. Ratified in 1865, it abolished slavery in the nation. Lincoln hoped that the Emancipation Proclamation would hasten the end of the Civil War. Slave labor in farms and factories in the South helped the Confederate war effort, and freed slaves strengthened the Union forces in the North. CAPTION(S): PHOTO (1) Performing Jubilee Day songs Sunday are, from left, Betty Boyces, Ruby Perkins and Linda Wiggins. (2) Cornelius Darnell Knox Jr. peeks over a pulpit to welcome a crowd. Terri Thuente/Daily News |
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