What Does the 4th of July Look Like in 2020?

For the Fourth of July this year, thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets to protest in lieu of gathering for traditional festivities.

This year’s Fourth of July marked a reclamation of the holiday. Thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets in lieu of gathering for the traditional festivities of barbecues, picnics, and fireworks forthat, like so many which have proliferated over the past month, served as an educational opportunity to hear the voices and stories of emerging leaders and communities pushing for social change.

Along the way, speakers discussed Black people and other marginalized groups’ plights and contributions being suppressed in the larger American narrative, noting that the very ground they walked on was land taken from Indigenous peoples. Photographer Serichai Traipoom marched with the groups, documenting the day and interviewing organizers and attendees, and ultimately ending up at Washington Square Park, where the Interdependence Day celebration took place.

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