Dozens gathered in Roxbury on Monday for a joyful annual Juneteenth parade through the neighborhood and the following Boston Juneteenth Emancipation Observance.
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A parade will march Sunday from Boston's Nubian Square to the National Center of Afro-American Artists to celebrate the newest federal holiday in the U.S.