This year's theme was 'Celebrating African American Culture.'
"We are persevering, loving, accepting, engineering-- everything you can think of -- we are," said one parade-goer. "And so that's what makes me proud." "I think it’s important for all of us to come together in unity," said a parade-goer. The parade was packed with residents from the old school, who remember the hardships, the overt racism and barriers to success, African Americans had to overcome throughout the years.
The parade goes back 54 years, all the way to 1969 making it one of the most historic African American parades in the country. In 1969, New York Representative Shirley Chisholm is sworn in as the first Black woman elected to Congress. Yale, Harvard, and a handful of universities began teaching black studies. The Temptations had #1 hit single. And founding members of the parade decided everyone should be able to take a day to celebrate their history and achievements. that I have read and agree
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