The third annual San Francisco Juneteenth Parade enlivened Market Street with an array of floats and performers Sunday, united by the theme of Black pride.
A dozen block parties were in full swing through the duration of the parade, from the Embarcadero to Civic Center. The parties featured children’s activities, a car show, games, giveaways, line dancing, musical performances and dances.
San Francisco’s parade, three days after the holiday, was the culmination of several events around the Bay Area this month celebrating Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned of their emancipation more than two years earlier…