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The Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law on January 1, 1863. Texas African Americans were still in slavery. There were no Union Troops there to enforce the law.

Although Carl Maxey is often regarded as the first African American lawyer in Spokane Washington, the evidence is clear that he was not.

Chinese officials have announced that foreign visitors will once again be allowed to travel to Tibet and that this new travel policy will go into effect on April 5, 2009.

From January to April 2009, hundreds of events will take place in Washington, DC to honor the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.