Some of D.C.’s most iconic go-go bands paraded the city for Juneteenth
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thefader.comOver the past month, the U.S. has erupted with protests in every corner of the country in response to wrongful deaths of Black people at the hands of mostly white police officers.
And though coverage of those demonstrations has slowed down since the first couple weeks, many cities are still going strong.
Washington D.C. has gotten a significant amount of coverage for obvious reasons, and in the past few weeks, natives of the area have used The District's homegrown genre of go-go to amplify their demands for justice.
Moechella, an ongoing event series that joins go-go with protest, launched last year in response to gentrifying residents of the city making complaints about the music soundtracking the streets as its done for decades.
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