New York City residents celebrated June 19th with a special kind of reverence this past Friday, at an estimated 100 Black-led events across the boroughs.
. Against this cultural backdrop, New York City residents celebrated June 19th with a special kind of reverence on Friday. It’s estimated that over 100 Black-led events were organized across the five boroughs, including a march of over 6,000 people across the Brooklyn bridge to Manhattan, where 8,000 more had shut down a number of the city’s streets.
“Juneteenth, to me, is not just about recognizing Black history. It’s about American history and sometimes looking at the ugly truth. That’s a part of recognizing and then moving forward in a positive direction, which I think is starting to happen now,” Nana-Adwoa, who attended Juneteenth Jam, told. “We need to look at the past of slavery and see how it’s now manifested. We need to look at our laws and understand that we need to make a change and that we have a long way to go.
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