Chicago police officers ride bikes along the parade as African flags are waved from vehicles on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Participants wave flags and celebrate on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Participants cheer from one of the floats on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Participants wave flags and celebrate on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Participants cheer on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
A group of horseback riders make their way down the route on Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on Chicago’s Westside. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Parade participants and marching band, walk down the road carrying African flags last Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on the West Side. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
It’s a party …: Parade participants sit on a float and wave flags and cheer last Saturday, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on the West Side. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Parade participants and marching band, walk down the road carrying African flags last Saturday, June 15, during the fifth annual African-American Awareness and Appreciation Parade Juneteenth Celebration on Madison Street on the West Side.