edition
CAREERS special
June 20, 2018
Celebrating Juneteenth 2018
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photos by
M ark W ashington /
p ortlanD o bserver
p ublisher
Students,
staff, and
parents of
KairosPDX
elementary
school march
proudly for
Saturday’s
Juneteenth
parade.
The Beat Goes On marching band floods the streets with music.
King Middle School Lions Drill Team marches down Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd for the
annual Juneteenth celebration.
A Portland Fire and Rescue firefighter
and his fluffy friend are thumbs up for
Portland’s freedom parade.
Portland’s Juneteenth parade honors the late Mother of Juneteenth
in Oregon, Clara Peoples who brought the celebration of the
emancipation of slavery from Muskogee, Okla. to Portland in 1945.
The younger King Sun School Drill team marches with a
banner of school pride.
City Council candidate and
current Multnomah County
Commissioner Loretta Smith
waves to onlookers and her
supporters carry signs of support
at Saturday’s Juneteeth parade.
A child waves at the crowds from the seat of a U.S.
Air Force truck representing the Armed Forces at
Saturday’s annual Juneteeth Parade.
Police Chief
Danielle
Outlaw, the
first African
American
female
police chief
in Portland
history,
was grand
marshal of
the Juneteeth
parade. She is
pictured atop
a convertible
with her
father.