On Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation — freeing enslaved people in some, but not all, Confederate states. Lincoln's strategic wartime act allowed freed slaves to enlist in the Union Army and Navy: https://comca.st/35rtwVj | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

In January 1863, Lincoln signed the historic Emancipation Proclamation into law, a critical step toward abolishing slavery in the United States. Despite common belief, the act freed slaves in select states, not all. In this edition of Moments in Civil Rights History, a collaboration of Comcast and the Equal Justice Initiative, a hallmark executive action lays the groundwork for the 13th Amendment — but not before two more bloody years of war test the nation's resolve. | Voices of the Civil Right