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UH Hilo Hosts Abraham Lincoln Symposium

Hawaii may seem like an unusual location for a scholarly conference on the Emancipation Proclamation. But when that measure became law 150 years ago, it resonated across the islands. From Hawaii Island, HPR's Sherry Bracken tells us more.

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