LEIMERT PARK, CA - JUNE 19: Sierra Hood of Big Bear Lake is reflected in a mirror on her "Pray for the Hood" altar on the corner of 43rd Street and Degnan Blvd. during Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Leimert Park, CA. The alter was set up to reflect, heal and say a prayer. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Juneteenth events around the Southland

People came together for protests, rallies and other gatherings Friday for Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Texas were finally told the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them more than two years earlier.

Sierra Hood of Big Bear Lake is reflected in a mirror on her “Pray for the Hood” altar on the corner of 43rd Street and Degnan Boulevard during a Juneteenth celebration in Leimert Park. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

RIVERSIDE, CA - JUNE 19, 2020: People gather for a group dance to enjoy the Juneteenth Freedom Celebration during the coronavirus pandemic outside Mt Rubidoux Church on June 19, 2020 in Riverside, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

People gather for a group dance to enjoy the Juneteenth Freedom Celebration outside Mt Rubidoux Church in Riverside. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-JUNE 19, 2020: Camila Leon, 21, and her brother Abu Leon, 7, attend a Juneteenth event, an outdoor forum outside the Laugh Factory on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood to celebrate, protest, and learn from community leaders and star studded comedians such as Tiffany Haddish. The celebrities and community leaders spoke from the heart to help those attending better understand how to heal and finally achieve the freedom and equality promised to African Americans on June 19, 1865 when slaves were declared free in the aftermath of the Civil War. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Camila Leon, 21, and her brother Abu Leon, 7, attend a Juneteenth event, an outdoor forum outside the Laugh Factory on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 19: Samantha Husbands, of Los Angeles, marches with the Juneteenth "Black Lives Liberating the Black Community" Caravan/March along Martin Luther King Blvd ending at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Samantha Husbands, of Los Angeles, marches with the Juneteenth “Black Lives Liberating the Black Community” Caravan/March along Martin Luther King Blvd ending at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Friday. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 19: Marieme Diop, of Los Angeles, sings "A Change is Going to Come," by the late Sam Cooke, at the Juneteenth "Black Lives Liberating the Black Community" Caravan/March while they hold an event in remembrance of Grechario Mack, who was fatally shot by LAPD officers at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in April 2018, at the Crenshaw Plaza parking lot on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Marieme Diop, of Los Angeles, sings “A Change is Going to Come,” by the late Sam Cooke, at the Juneteenth “Black Lives Liberating the Black Community” Caravan/March at the parking lot of Crenshaw Mall. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-JUNE 19, 2020: Pallavi Srinivasan, 25, of Los Angeles, holding a poster of Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police Department Officers on March 13, 2020, attends a Juneteenth event, an outdoor forum outside the Laugh Factory on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood to celebrate, protest, and learn from community leaders and star studded comedians such as Tiffany Haddish. The celebrities and community leaders spoke from the heart to help those attending better understand how to heal and finally achieve the freedom and equality promised to African Americans on June 19, 1865 when slaves were declared free in the aftermath of the Civil War. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Pallavi Srinivasan, 25, of Los Angeles, holding a poster of Breonna Taylor while attending a Juneteenth event outside the Laugh Factory on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA JUNE 19, 2020-A woman dances to the music during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

A woman dances to the music during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-JUNE 19, 2020: Yrsa Bjarkadottir, 7, left, of West Hollywood and her sister Chloe Bjarkadottir,, 9,l look towards their mother Heather Kolker, 48, after she took their photograph in front of a painting of George Floyd, while attending a Juneteenth event, an outdoor forum outside the Laugh Factory on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood to celebrate, protest, and learn from community leaders and star studded comedians such as Tiffany Haddish. The celebrities and community leaders spoke from the heart to help those attending better understand how to heal and finally achieve the freedom and equality promised to African Americans on June 19, 1865 when slaves were declared free in the aftermath of the Civil War. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Heather Kolker, 48, photographs daughters, Yrsa Bjarkadottir, 7, left, and her sister Chloe Bjarkadottir, 9, in front of a painting of George Floyd in West Hollywood. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA JUNE 19, 2020-Horses provided by Mr. Todd gives rides to children during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Horses provided by Mr. Todd gives rides to children during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA JUNE 19, 2020-Arts and crafts were on sale during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Arts and crafts were on sale during a Juneteenth celebration at Leimert Park Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

LEIMERT PARK, CA - JUNE 19: Gerald Hunter sings along with entertainer Rickie Byars during Juneteenth celebration "Leimert Park Rising" on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Leimert Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Gerald Hunter sings along with entertainer Rickie Byars during the Leimert Park Rising celebration of Juneteenth. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

LEIMERT PARK, CA - JUNE 19: Kirikou Muldrow, 8, left, walks with friend Nia Amir-Jolly, 4, at the Leimert Park Rising Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Leimert Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Kirikou Muldrow, 8, left, walks with her friend Nia Amir-Jolly, 4, at the Leimert Park Rising celebration of Juneteenth. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

LEIMERT PARK, CA - JUNE 19: Elijah Simmons (aka Six Sev) is a community organizer and artist who helped organize Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Leimert Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Elijah Simmons, aka Six Sev, is a community organizer and artist who helped organize the Juneteenth celebration in Leimert Park. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

LEIMERT PARK, CA - JUNE 19: Isadore Henry of Los Angeles holds a sign during Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Leimert Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Isadore Henry of Los Angeles holds a sign during the Juneteenth celebration in Leimert Park. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

POMONA, CA - JUNE 19: Walk: Black Arts Los Angeles holds a 4 mile walk to remember and celebrate when the last slaves in the United States finally heard, in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Ganesha Park on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Pomona, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

People march on a four-mile walk organized by Black Arts Los Angeles to celebrate Juneteenth in Pomona. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

POMONA, CA - JUNE 19: Walk: Jeanette EllisRoyston, center, president NAACP Pomona, joins a rally and walk organized by Black Arts Los Angeles to remember and celebrate Juneteenth, when the last slaves in the United States finally heard, in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Ganesha Park on Friday, June 19, 2020 in Pomona, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Jeanette Ellis-Royston, president of the NAACP Pomona Valley, raises a fist during the Juneteenth march in Pomona. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)