Today we celebrate the emancipation of enslaved people, remember those who lived entire lives in that yoke & resolve to continue fighting for people still enslaved. I mark this day with everyone committed to working harder to win freedom & justice for all people. Much work remains. #Juneteenth #BlackLivesMatter
It’s hard to imagine the temperature of justified Black rage.
Yes, I am #Antifa (anti-fascism), and damn proud of it. Isn’t everyone?
I enjoy the back and forth, give and take. I also admire the furor and, to a certain extent, the intractability; reminds me of myself.
It was deafening. It was exhilarating. It was pure. It was a necessary primal scream against the brutality visited upon people of color over centuries in the United States of America.
For the second straight day, organizers from Black Lives Matter-Fargo/Moorhead and OneFargo led a peaceful march for justice through Fargo, N.D.
Today was different. There was joy along with the anguish and anger of other marches from the past two weeks. It was more than that, too. I felt connected to everyone else marching today like I’ve never felt at previous marches. As one woman’s simple sign said: “Beauty in Unity.”
Read more about today’s march here.
Here are a video and some photos:
No “imminent danger” or emergency declaration necessary.
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