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Bergen NAACP Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation [PHOTOS]

 
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Reverend Jimmy Miller of Varick Memorial AME Zion Church delivers the Invocation for the 150 Anniversary Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Bergen County chapter of the NAACP celebrated the 150th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation at the Varick Memorial AME Zion Church in Hackensack Sunday. The event featured songs, a look at the struggles of African-Americans and a speech from Historian Arnold Brown on President Abraham Lincoln's historic proclamation.

View photos from the event in the gallery above


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