Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents gather for a Black Lives Matter protest at the historic old courthouse on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Protesters hold up a large sign reading "Stop Killing Us" on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Protesters hold up a large sign reading “Stop Killing Us” on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents brought homemade signs calling for racial equality on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents brought homemade signs calling for racial equality on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents wear masks and stand six feet apart while listening to speeches and songs on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents wear masks and stand six feet apart while listening to speeches and songs on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents bring homemade signs to a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents bring homemade signs to a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A woman records one of the speeches at a Black Lives Matter protest while wearing tape that reads "I Can't Breathe!" on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
A woman records one of the speeches at a Black Lives Matter protest while wearing tape that reads “I Can’t Breathe!” on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents wear face masks while listening to speeches at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents wear face masks while listening to speeches at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Event organizer Del Ward speaks to the crowd at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Event organizer Del Ward speaks to the crowd at a Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest discuss racial inequality in the United States on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest discuss racial inequality in the United States on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Protesters hold up signs reading "Black Lives Matter" while the American flag waves in the background on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Protesters hold up signs reading “Black Lives Matter” while the American flag waves in the background on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest discuss racial inequality in the United States on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest discuss racial inequality in the United States on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents turn out to a Black Lives Matter protest wearing face masks on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Residents turn out to a Black Lives Matter protest wearing face masks on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest talk directly to the White citizens in attendance and ask for them to do their part to change racial inequality on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
Speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest talk directly to the White citizens in attendance and ask for them to do their part to change racial inequality on Saturday, July 4 in Hillsborough. (Dakota Moyer/Chapelboro.com)
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