BUFFALO, NY — Nearly 100 men from Buffalo's Black community marched from the steps of city hall to the historic Michigan Street Baptist Church on Tuesday in celebration of Juneteenth.

What You Need To Know


  • The Peace, Unity and Freedom March celebrated the freedom of slaves in America

  • The group also organized the event to share their demands for police and prison reforms

  • Requests include better police training and officers being assigned to work in the communities they live in.

The Peace, Unity and Freedom March celebrated the freedom of slaves in America (Juneteenth).

The group also organized the event to share their demands for police and prison reforms.

They recently met with Mayor Byron Brown to share a number of their requests including better police training and officers being assigned to work in the communities they live in.

"Of course we want things changed right away," said organizer Ron Dixon. "With government everything is different so there are certain procedures and policy we go through. So we're here to stay. We're here to be persistent and we are here to stay in the mayor's face and we are here to continue to work with the mayor and other leaders of government to create systematic change."

For 8 minutes and 46 seconds the group knelt beneath the African American Heritage Cooridor Arch in memory of George Floyd.

Floyd died while in custody of Minneapolis police.

Four officers are now charged in connection to his murder.