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Juneteenth 2020: Angela Davis
Juneteenth 2020: Angela Davis
Activist, professor, and author Dr. Angela Davis pumps her fist during a Juneteenth shut down at the Port of Oakland, Friday, June 19, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Cranes and berths came to a standstill as longshoremen in ports throughout California stopped work Friday, joining thousands of Californians who marched, rallied and drove in car caravans to commemorate Juneteenth and demand racial equality. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

