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SarahJameelah Martin, of Knoxville and Underground Railroad historian, gives a talk on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania during the Black Historic Site Tour and Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk for the Western PA Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Smithfield Street in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People listen to Samuel W. Black, director of African American Programs, center, speaks about African American history in Western Pennsylvania as they take part in the Black Historic Site Tour and Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk for the Western PA Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 19, 2020, at Point State Park in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SarahJameelah Martin, of Knoxville and Underground Railroad historian, gives a talk on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania during the Black Historic Site Tour and Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk for the Western PA Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Smithfield Street in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People listen as SarahJameelah Martin, of Knoxville and Underground Railroad historian, gives a talk on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania during the Black Historic Site Tour and Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk for the Western PA Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Smithfield Street in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People listen as SarahJameelah Martin, of Knoxville and Underground Railroad historian, gives a talk on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania during the Black Historic Site Tour and Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk for the Western PA Juneteenth Celebration, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Smithfield Street in Downtown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People raise their fist as they greet marchers near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michelle Kenney, of Rankin and mother of Antwon Rose II, holds her mouth as she cries when marchers arrive near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People hold up their hands and pray for Michelle Kenny, the mother of Antwon Rose II, as they gathered near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed and celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A young girl holds up a poster of Antwon Rose II as people gather near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed and celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Khalil Darden, of Penn Hills, screams Antwon Rose II as he leads marchers to the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People march to the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People hold up signs and chant as they gather near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jackson Glaze, 8, of McCandless, holds up a poster of Antwon Rose II and a bouquet of roses as he joins his mother Beth McFadden, of McCandless, not pictured, as they join others near the site where Antwon Rose II was killed as they prepare to celebrate his life on the two-year anniversary of his death, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Linden Avenue in East Pittsburgh. Ms. Kenney, her family, and community organizers planned events to celebrate her son Antwon Rose II, who died on June 19 which also marks Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U.S. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":18071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,4,15,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[426],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/20200619MMSAntwonRose1.jpg?fit=2453%2C1635&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18079,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions\/18079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18049"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}