Dr. Alicestyne Turley talks Emancipation Saturday history and significance

PADUCAH – Hotel Metropolitan hosted Dr. Alicestyne Turley Friday to give a presentation on Emancipation Saturday. Emancipation Saturday, also known as the 8th of August, is when the news of emancipation reached Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. It is also the day Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the…

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