DETROIT: Protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, shouted “We want
justice
now!” near St. Louis’ Entrance Arch, hoped in Atlanta and paused for a moment of silence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, as Americans marked Juneteenth with brand-new seriousness Friday amidst a nationwide push for racial justice.
The vacation, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is usually celebrated with parades and celebrations however ended up being a day of protest this year in the wake of demonstrations set off by
George Floyd
‘s killing at the hands of
Minneapolis
cops.
In addition to traditional cookouts and readings of the Emancipation Proclamation _ the Civil War-era order that stated all enslaved individuals totally free in Confederate area _ Americans of all backgrounds were marching, holding sit-ins or participating in car caravan demonstrations.
Thousands of individuals gathered at a religious rally in Atlanta. Hundreds marched from St. Louis’ Old Courthouse, where the Dred Scott case partly played out, a critical one that rejected citizenship to African Americans but galvanized the anti-slavery motion. Protesters and revelers held indications and pressed child strollers in
Dallas
, danced to a marching band in Chicago an