San Francisco rallies for Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter
By AFP
22 June 2020 |
11:01 am
Hundreds of protesters in San Francisco mark Juneteenth, the end of slavery and liberation of black people in the US by marching through downtown and calling for increased funding for schools and black youth.
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