San Francisco marked a first Saturday, when it held a Juneteenth parade and other events around the city to celebrate the holiday.
Mayor London Breed said the event was a chance for people to learn.
“So when we make investments and we support the black community, it can’t just be a sign posted on your window that says ‘Black Lives Matter,’” Breed said. “It’s ‘What are you doing?’ ‘How are you investing?,’ ‘How are you supporting the investments?,’ and all of the things we’re trying to do to turn the lives of African-Americans in San Francisco and the Bay Area around.”took place at the Ferry Plaza.
It was an early celebration of Juneteenth, which is actually on June 19. The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Although many associate slavery's end with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, in practice the proclamation was often only enforced by the arrival of the Union Army in Confederate territories. So Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865,This article tagged under:
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