Juneteenth: activists across US inherit a historic battle for racial justice 🔗 🇺🇸 ⚖️ ✊🏽

First celebrated in 1865, the holiday marking slavery’s end is both a painful reminder and a celebration of freedom fighters

Organizers of the “I, too, am America: Juneteenth Rally for Justice” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Donald Trump postponed a campaign speech planned for the holiday, announced that the civil rights leader Al Sharpton would be the keynote speaker to “call for sweeping reforms within the Tulsa police department and nationwide”.