UAlbany exhibit includes Lincoln manuscript, Martin Luther King recording
State Museum treasures part of Black History Month exhibit on campus
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1of9Buy PhotoA slide show is part of the First Step to Freedom exhibit including President Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving handwritten preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation at University at Albany on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of9Buy PhotoPeople walk away after looking at President Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving handwritten preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation which is part of the First Step to Freedom exhibit at University at Albany on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Abraham Lincoln s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. recording included in exhibition
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - Page 4.
ALBANY, NY
.- The New York State Museum and the New York State Writers Institute have partnered to bring the First Step to Freedom exhibit to the University at Albany campus in honor of Black History Month, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced today. The historically remarkable exhibit includes a display of the only surviving version of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in President Abraham Lincolns handwriting. The First Step to Freedom also includes the only known audio recording of a speech written and delivered by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in New York City in September 1962 for the Proclamations centennial. The exhibit opened, appropriately, on Presidents Day and will be open to UAlbany students, faculty and staff through March 15.
Joining the department ranks are Jack Engster, Katherine Molesky, David Grant, and Kevin Koberger.
Troy Police Chief Brian Owens addressed the new quartet and welcomed them to the department.
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