This is What Freedom Looks Like: A Juneteenth Photo Essay
This is What Freedom Looks Like: A Photo Essay
This past Sunday, Philly held its annual Juneteenth parade in West Philly.
We remembered June 19, 1865, the day the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The drums led us. The music moved us. We celebrated a living, breathing continuation of our liberation. We celebrated, yes… but we did so knowing that freedom, once delayed, must never be taken for granted.
Crowned. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Movement. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Grand Marshall Janie Blackwell and Senator Sheriff Street. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Drill. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Concrete hand walk. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Let Freedom Ring. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.World Champion. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Caribbean Flare. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media. Cheerful Drum. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Beautified in the Sun. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.I got you little brother. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Seen. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.Juneteenth flag. Photo by Azella Gardens for Love Now Media.
