The Emancipation Proclamation Book

The Emancipation Proclamation is a moving and thought provoking document. It demonstrates a President's conviction to create change for the better good of all people in spite of the opposition of the times. During the Civil Rights movement of the 60's President Lyndon Johnson reminded us that emancipation is still a proclamation and not a fact "until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with color of men's skins." This document has stood the test of time. It was relevant in the 1860's, the 1960's and today. It was the beginning of change and reminds us that we should continue to strive to complete that change, until we as a nation truly believe and demonstrate through our actions that all men are created equal. Everyone should read this important document at least once, including Julie Zieman Childs.