Juneteenth celebrations across America – in pictures
Tens of thousands of people in the US marked the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, which commemorates the end of slavery. Celebrations took place from from coast to coast, with the day taking on renewed significance as Americans confront the nation’s legacy of police brutality and racial injustice
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Notre Dame football players march with signs in South Bend, Indiana
Photograph: Robert Franklin/AP
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Demonstrators gather at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial to mark Juneteenth in Washington DC
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
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People stand together during a Juneteenth event Organized by the One Race Movement at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia
Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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A march and rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
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A person looks on during a justice ride organized by rapper Trae the Truth to celebrate Juneteenth in Houston, Texas
Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters
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Marcie Hampton and Rod West show their children Major, five, and Maya, seven, the place where the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619 in Hampton, Virginia
Photograph: Julia Rendleman/Reuters
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Protesters gather outside the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta
Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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People attend a ceremony for the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images
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A march near the port of Seattle as part of a coordinated eight-hour work stoppage at more than two dozen west coast ports that was organized by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP
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Hundreds of participants of the OneRace Movement listen to leaders inside Liberty Plaza, across the street form the Georgia state capitol building
Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/AP
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Luther Leonard holds an American flag in Pan-African colors during a Juneteenth Freedom March in Seattle, Washington
Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters
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A young girl looks out of a car window during a justice ride organized by rapper Trae the Truth in Houston, Texas
Photograph: Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters
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US congressman Charlie Crist, second from right, stands in solidarity with guests during a Juneteenth celebration outside the Dr Carter G Woodson African American Museum in St Petersburg, Florida
Photograph: Chris O’Meara/AP
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A Juneteenth rally and march at the port of Oakland in California
Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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People raise their fists during an event to mark Juneteenth in Atlanta, Georgia
Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
