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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Fri, 24 May 2013 04:46:52 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Newsletters</title><subtitle>Newsletters</subtitle><id>http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-03-21T20:08:05Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>The New Paradigm: Economic Dignity</title><id>http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/3/21/the-new-paradigm-economic-dignity.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/3/21/the-new-paradigm-economic-dignity.html"/><author><name>BEC</name></author><published>2012-03-21T20:03:50Z</published><updated>2012-03-21T20:03:50Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[As Black History Month comes to an end, the Black Economic Council (BEC) would like acknowledge the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Signed in 1863, this almost 150 year old declaration represents the birth of positive change in America.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Giving Merit to a Proclamation</title><id>http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/2/11/giving-merit-to-a-proclamation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/2/11/giving-merit-to-a-proclamation.html"/><author><name>BEC</name></author><published>2012-02-12T02:45:40Z</published><updated>2012-02-12T02:45:40Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When we think of the "Civil Rights Movement", we think of that period in time that existed between 1955 and 1968. However the "movement" has been in existence since 1896 shortly after the signing of the emancipation and today continues to be a vehicle for justice. Throughout our history the movement has been a hybrid of organizations and individuals seeking the civil liberties that come with American citizenship.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Black Economic Council Celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013</title><id>http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/2/6/the-black-economic-council-celebrates-the-emancipation-procl.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blackeconomiccouncil.com/emancipation-proclamation/2012/2/6/the-black-economic-council-celebrates-the-emancipation-procl.html"/><author><name>BEC</name></author><published>2012-02-07T04:09:18Z</published><updated>2012-02-07T04:09:18Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[January 1, 2013 represents a very important time in American history; 150 years ago on January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed an executive order emancipating Blacks from slavery in any state of the Confederate States of America. Two years later the Thirteenth Amendment would make slavery illegal throughout the United States.]]></summary></entry></feed>