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Los Angeles, June 19 (EFE/EPA).- Friday’s Juneteenth celebrations took on renewed significance this year as it was celebrated throughout the United States, spurred by racial justice protests of the past month.Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Army general Gordon Granger announced in Galveston, Texas, a federal order declaring the freedom of black slaves in the state. It came two and a half years after president Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which had officially outlawed slavery in Texas and the other states in rebellion against the Union. (Camera: EUGENE GARCIA )FOOTAGE SHOWS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Thousands of New Yorkers march, holding up signs and chanting at Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn as part of an event organized by Unite NY and supported by Black Lives Matter, on Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US. IMAGES
People gather on 125th Street in Harlem, New York, ahead of a silent march from the neighborhood to Seneca village in Central Park, to commemorate Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. IMAGES
New York, Sep 23 (EFE / EPA) .- Anti-racist protests took to the streets of the United States again after the Kentucky (USA) prosecutor's office ruled out on Wednesday charging the police officers implicated in the death of African-American Breonna Taylor of murder.(Camera: ALBA VIGARAY)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN NEW YORK AGAINST KENTUCKY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE DECISSION ON BREONNA TAYLOR'S CASE.
New York, Jun 12 (EFE/EPA).Hundreds of people gathered Friday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where, to the rhythm and beats of jazz music, they continued protesting the death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of a white policeman, and demanded the cutting of funds for the New York police.(Camera: ALBA VIGARAY).SHOT LIST: PROTEST AT THE BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN, US.
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