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Carlos Bernate/Redux PicturesCELEBRATING
JUNETEENTH,
a day that
marks the end
of U.S. slavery,
residents of
Richmond, Va.,
gathered on
June 21, 2020,
at a Confeder-
ate monument
that they have
reclaimed. The
memorial now
honors victims
of police brutal-
ity and is called
Marcus-David
Peters Circle,
after a man
who was
shot dead by
Richmond
police in 2018.