Dates not confirmed yet. This edition is expected in September 2027, based on when it has run before. Check the organizer before making plans.

Holidays & Parades

African American Day Parade

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Date

Expected September 2027

Location

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Harlem), 111th to 137th Streets
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027

Organized by

African American Day Parade, Inc.

About this happenin

The African American Day Parade marches along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem, between 111th and 137th Streets, on the third Sunday in September. African American Day Parade, Inc., a nonprofit founded in 1968, held the first one in 1969 under the theme "Africa's Gift to America", with Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Shirley Chisholm as its first Grand Marshals. The boulevard was picked because it was the heart of the Harlem Renaissance. More than 200 organizations walk it now, among them marching bands, dance ensembles, fraternities and sororities, and community leaders, and the parade counts more than 900,000 people watching from the sidewalks. Each year's theme is one of five fields: business, education, health, politics and government, or arts and culture. On the Saturday before, a community celebration brings performers and vendors.

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