A flag-raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall kicked off Juneteenth. The federal holiday marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in 1865.
Former President Joe Biden attends the Juneteenth celebration at the historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas.
Undeterred by the heat, the City of Fresno marked Juneteenth on Thursday.
Opal Lee, the woman known by many as the "grandmother of the movement" to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, is attending her first-ever Democratic National Convention at the age of 97.
The Central Valley celebrated Juneteenth on Wednesday.
In the City of Madera, local leaders and residents gathered at Courthouse Museum Park to commemorate Juneteenth.