Hey there FuseBox Radio Broadcast & BlackRadioIsBack.com peoples!
Just wanted to share some pictures that were taken during this year's D.C. Emancipation Day "Message In The Music" concert in Washington, DC at Freedom Plaza on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
For those not familiar with the day, Emancipation Day is a tradition that began in 1866 in Washington, DC that commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the DC Compensated Emancipation Act.
The annual celebration came back in full force about 150 years later, in 2002 when the Council of the District of Columbia commemorated April 16th as a private holiday.
About 3 years later, Councilmember Vincent Orange Sr.’s legislation on July 9th, 2004 made Emancipation Day a public holiday, giving city employees a free day off and 2005 was the first year that it was celebrated as an official city holiday in the nation’s capital.
For those not familiar with the day, Emancipation Day is a tradition that began in 1866 in Washington, DC that commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the DC Compensated Emancipation Act.
The annual celebration came back in full force about 150 years later, in 2002 when the Council of the District of Columbia commemorated April 16th as a private holiday.
About 3 years later, Councilmember Vincent Orange Sr.’s legislation on July 9th, 2004 made Emancipation Day a public holiday, giving city employees a free day off and 2005 was the first year that it was celebrated as an official city holiday in the nation’s capital.
Hope that you enjoy all of the great performers, scenery and crowd on display! :)
- DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast)
- DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast)
** All pictures taken by Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio Broadcast) under a "Creative Commons Attribution - No Derivatives" license. Please feel free to use & share them if you wish with attribution to the photographer...thank you! **
Talib Kweli
Raheem DeVaughn
Live Artwork of Pres. Lincoln on Stage
Lead Singer of Black Alley In The Sunshine
Brian Lenair
Some of the D.C. Emancipation Day Concert Audience
D.C. Councilman Vincent Orange
More of the D.C. Emancipation Day Concert Audience
2 Folks in the D.C. Emancipation Day Concert Audience Ready To Dance & Pose
Talib Kweli On The Mic
MC Lyte
Speech of Arrested Development
DJ Kool & MC Lyte
Young Kids Doing The Dougie
Doug E. Fresh
Dancer/Singer With Arrested Development
Doug E. Fresh & Trumpter
J. Ivy
Speech of Arrested Development
Some of the D.C. Emancipation Day Concert Audience
Lead Singer of Black Alley
DJ Kool
MC Lyte
Doug E. Fresh
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