Juneteenth Parade: June 26

State Rep. Ed Gainey, who won the Democratic nomination for mayor in the primary election, greets members of a Black women’s suffragette movement reenactment group before the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Motorcycle riders arrive for the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
People with the Pittsburgh Penguins float throw hats to spectators during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Cha’Veya Horne, 10, of the Grace Memorial Presbyterian church, raises a fist in the air while marching down Liberty Avenue during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Police Chief Scott Schubert takes a photo as marchers make their way down Centre Avenue towards Downtown during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
People cheer and look on as reenactors march by during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
A float carrying reenactors turns onto Grant Street during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Members of the Theta Phi Sigma sorority chant as they march down Centre Avenue towards Grant Street during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Rayonna Culberson, 9, of East Liberty, hands beads to City of Pittsburgh workers while marching with the Theta Phi Sigma sorority during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
A participant waves from a decorated bus during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
State Rep. Ed Gainey, who won the Democratic nomination for mayor in the primary election, and his wife Michelle Gainey take a photo with members of a Black women’s suffragette movement reenactment group before the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Participants prepare to leave on the lead float during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Pittsburgh Steelers players ride through Downtown during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Motorcycle riders turn onto Grant Street during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Sandy Bray, of Penn Hills, and Jevonne Scott, of Homewood, chant and dance while marching with the Theta Phi Sigma sorority during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
A boy watches as reenactors march into Downtown during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Reenactors march into Downtown during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Micah Gomez, 7, of Sheraden, and Aubrey Jones, 5, of Penn Hills, who are with the Kulture Dance Academy, talk and eat candy while waiting for the start of the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Yvonne Raney, of the North Side, waves from the Pittsburgh Science Workshop bus during the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, Downtown. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Keysha Gomez, of Sheraden, who is with Kulture Dance Academy and H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow, Inc., takes a selfie with the H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow, Inc., Boy Scouts of America troop before the annual reenactment of the 1870 Jubilee of Freemen Parade, which celebrates the ratification of the 15th Amendment giving Black men the right to vote, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in the Hill District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)