Harlem held an early celebration of Juneteenth with its annual parade on Saturday commemorating freedom and the ongoing march for equality in America.
New York State Senator, Cordell Cleare and City Council Member, Yusef Salaam lead the parade for Masjib Malcolm Shabazz’s 31st annual Juneteenth celebration in Harlem on Saturday, June 15.State Senator Cordell Cleare and City Council Member Yusef Salaam led the June 15 parade, which was followed by a full day of activities, speeches and performances.
“Juneteenth serves as a constant reminder of the myriad of challenges that blacks have endured and the countless impediments that remain,” said Cleare, whose office helped allocate $5 million to the Juneteenth Committee of Masjid Malcolm Shabazz. “The vestiges of slavery and its role in shaping America’s history is a tremendous part of our past and present that must be acknowledged.”
The June 15 parade included dancers, marching bands and floats of local organizations and businesses like any other parade, but what stood out was the lack of steel barriers. The ability for people to weave in and out of the streets felt unrestrictive and communal. The Junior Faith of Islam boys of the Muhammed Mosque #7 in Harlem, sit silently as they prepare to walk in the Juneteenth parade.Melba Wilson, owner of the famous soul food restaurant Melba’s at 300 W. 114th Street, shows her support for the Juneteenth celebration.
“ is opening those doors to letting people know that we belong in the park,” said Cleare, whose comments were sparked by the case of the. In 1989, five Black teenage boys, all 16 years old and under, were wrongfully convicted of the violent rape of a white, female jogger. It wasn’t until 2002, 13 years later, that they were exonerated due to a confession and DNA evidence that proved their innocence.
From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 116th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Fifth Avenue was closed for the celebration. Kids played basketball while spectators sat at the adjacent bleachers; there was free face-painting, a bouncy house, a station to learn about Black inventors that gave out free books and toys; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art offered portraits inspired by James Van Der Zee , a Black photographer featured in their exhibit, “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.
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