The entire nation is turning up and showing out for Juneteenth. Social media has erupted with pics and clips showing how people from the big cities and small ones too are celebrating the holiday.
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Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible––and there is still so much work to do.https://t.co/5XCRdnk3iR
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 19, 2020
Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: pic.twitter.com/KlOoYwdzD5
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020
The masses at the Port of Oakland begin to move out, marching toward Oakland City Hall as the Juneteenth rally continues. Live video: https://t.co/f4kI1BByVf pic.twitter.com/Ky3xUQ1JSG
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) June 19, 2020
Images of #GeorgeFloyd leading the charge at Chicago’s Juneteenth march.
We’ll have a live report about celebrations nationwide on @CBSEveningNews with @NorahODonnell pic.twitter.com/XvM21FInKN
— Adriana Diaz (@adrianasdiaz) June 19, 2020
Leaders have assembled at the start of the faith community-led #Juneteenth march in Chicago’s iconic Grant Park pic.twitter.com/1X5xe5LKfd
— Emily McFarlan Miller (@emmillerwrites) June 19, 2020
Wendell Carter Jr., Jim Boylen, assistant coaches Nate Loenser and Karen Stack Umlauf, and other Bulls staff join peaceful Juneteenth march through Grant Park organized by Faith in Justice and Peace (FIJAP) pic.twitter.com/e4AMsxed9T
— Rob Schaefer (@rob_schaef) June 19, 2020
Shortly after noon today in Malcolm X Park, West Philly, black men participating in a Brotherly Love Juneteenth March release out a roar of pain so they can get out their fear and self-doubt and help the community. pic.twitter.com/4pH9JAV0uL
— Julie Shaw (@julieshawphilly) June 19, 2020
Silent march from 125th in Harlem to the Seneca village site in Central Park #juneteenth #marchtoseneca #nycprotests pic.twitter.com/vl40gTrzK1
— Kayla Ruble (@RubleKB) June 19, 2020
Protesters arriving at NYC’s Seneca Village site, page a thriving Black community in the 1800s until the city forcefully took the property from Black landowners through eminent domain in order to create Central Park pic.twitter.com/7KBDUxO83N
— Kayla Ruble (@RubleKB) June 19, 2020
Freedom Day March headed to Lincoln Memorial, calling for #JuneteenthDay to become a national holiday. “Juneteenth is a celebration of black liberation and unity!” pic.twitter.com/OV0hTqAU2x
— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) June 19, 2020
Freedom March pic.twitter.com/oThxOiwDII
— jenny gathright (@jennygathright) June 19, 2020
HAPPENING NOW: "1, 2, 3, 4 Black Kids Deserve More!"
Heading towards the U.S. Department of Education building, many students and demonstrators begin chanting. #Juneteenth #JuneteenthDC pic.twitter.com/x7gjou7qDi
— WUSA9 (@wusa9) June 19, 2020
A large group is marching down 65th St. in Phinney Ridge/toward Ballard.
More @seattletimes updates on #Juneteenth: https://t.co/jO8s1184kZ pic.twitter.com/PRggERSqAl
— Taylor Blatchford ⛰ (@blatchfordtr) June 19, 2020
About 100 people getting ready to march to the front gates of Angola prison, demanding freedom and equality on Juneteenth, the holiday that signifies the end of slavery in America. Protest organized by @FIPVOTENOLA. Follow along @theadvocatebr for this and more Juneteenth stories pic.twitter.com/tF8JWAjylZ
— Lea Skene (@lea_skene) June 19, 2020
Anti-racism march to wind through downtown #Vancouver Friday, also marking Juneteenth https://t.co/MekvoVUyVj pic.twitter.com/dBCujeRYdV
— NEWS 1130 (@NEWS1130) June 19, 2020