WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives is placing the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in Washington to mark Black History Month.

The special display will run from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17. The document will be shown in the archives’ new “Records of Rights” permanent exhibit about the evolution of rights and freedoms from the nation’s founding.

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