Several thousand demonstrators marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan on Friday, chanting the names of black men and women killed by police in recent years.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has a solid lead over Trump in the latest polls, said Juneteenth reminded Americans"that our country is capable of the worst violence and injustice but it also has an incredible capacity to be reborn anew."In Tulsa – where Trump on Saturday is set to hold his first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic began – a Juneteenth celebration was attended by several thousand protesters.
The city's Greenwood district was the site of one of the country's worst racist massacres, in 1921, when as many as 300 black Americans were killed. "This is a super important moment for all of us... we're out here supporting Trump," said Stephen Corley, 19.Trump, who is facing a tough re-election battle in November and has adopted a hardline"law and order" stance towards protestors, and First Lady Melania Trump issued a joint statement to mark Juneteenth.
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum declared a curfew in the city amid fears of violence but Trump later announced it had been lifted for"our many supporters" attending the rally.Pressure has mounted in Congress for Juneteenth to be declared a national holiday and Virginia, home to the former capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, is among the US states moving to make it an official holiday.
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