The annual African American Heritage Day parade kicked off in the Northside on Saturday, August 25 at 11 a.m.
Photos by Ashlee Green
This year’s African American Heritage Day parade began on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Quik-It Chicken parking lot and ended at Manchester Field. Organizations, dance teams, musicians and politicians joined together to support each other and take pride in African American history and culture.
A Port Authority bus blocks off Pennsylvania Avenue for the parade route.
A Northside dance team preps for the parade.
Boxers from 3rd Avenue Boxing
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. excited to take part in the festivities
A man holds a Pan-African flag encouraging solidarity between people with shared African American heritage.
The African American Heritage Day banner kicks off the parade.