W.C.楊 (W.C. Young) 社區中心
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您可能聽過凱薩查維斯(Cesar Chavez：美國的傳奇人物之一)，他是一位著名的勞工領袖，努力為他的農場工人同儕爭取權利。但您聽過W.C.楊嗎?

就像查維斯一樣，楊也以正直、寬容及非暴力的行動，針對貧窮及不公平議題爭取改善。1976年時，楊建辦了一個社區中心：帕迪尤卡社區中心，用來幫助肯塔基州的帕迪尤卡居民克服貧窮及獲取像樣的住宅。20年後的1996年，它重新被命名為W.C.楊社區中心，藉以紀念它的創辦人。

W.C.楊社區中心是年度八月八日解放慶典的發源地，這是一個用來慶祝內戰過後，肯塔基州西南部的奴隸重獲自由的節日。活動內容包括了一個追悼儀式、一場遊行及一場野餐大會。每個州都擁有自已的解放日，通常是依聯邦軍抵達並施行亞伯拉罕林肯的解放宣言而定，在這篇宣言中，林肯主張所有的奴隸應重獲自由。

You probably have heard of Cesar Chavez (an "Amazing American"), a famous labor leader who fought for rights for his fellow farm workers. But have you ever heard of W.C. Young?

Like Chavez, Young worked on issues of poverty and injustice with honesty, understanding and nonviolent actions. He started a community center in 1976, the Paducah Community Center, to help the people of Paducah, Kentucky, overcome poverty and obtain decent housing. Twenty years later, in 1996, it was renamed the W.C. Young Community Center to honor its founder.

The W.C. Young Community Center is the home of the annual Eighth of August Emancipation Celebration, an event that honors the slaves who were emancipated (set free) in southwestern Kentucky after the Civil War. Activities include a memorial service, a parade, and a picnic. Different states celebrate Emancipation Day on different days, often depending on when the Union Army arrived to enforce Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, in which he stated that all slaves should be free.

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