Truman Proclaims National Freedom Day
President Harry Truman proclaims February 1st, the anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (which outlawed slavery), as "National Freedom Day". Looking on are (left to right): Mrs. Harriet Lemons, J.E. Mitchell, Mary McCleod Bethune, E.C. Wright, Dr. C. Jernagin, and Elder Michaux.

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