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The 15th Annual African American Parade
This year’s African
American Parade, sponsored and presented by the Toledo Urban
Federal Credit Union, was held on Saturday morning, August
24. The parade, as is the custom, started at Dorr and Smead
Streets, next to the TUFCU building, headed towards
Collingwood Ave, turning onto City Park before winding down.
Schools, businesses,
elected officials, candidates for public office, community
organizations, cars and even horses joined the parade, the
15th annual event in the heart of the city. The
parade, which is usually a major component of the African
American Festival, had originally been scheduled for July
20, during the Festival itself, but was postponed due to the
heat wave ( a heat wave that would make July 2019 the
hottest month in the world in recorded history).
Parade participants and
watchers were much more fortunate last weekend as
temperatures were pleasant, skies were clear and there was
no rain.
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