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On the recordApril 30, 1963
And the new stamp will be issued in Chicago on August 16th, opening day of the Century of Negro Progress Exposition.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks on the Stamp Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

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