Today's Date: May 9, 2024
EdisonLearning Earns 1EdTech Data Privacy Certification for Digital Learning Platform   •   HERide: Atlanta's Premier Female/LGBTQIA+ Friendly Ride-Sharing Option, Debuts at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport   •   Major upgrades to Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario for cleaner, healthier air and energy savings   •   Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub Bolsters Leadership and Governance with an Expansion of its Board of Directors   •   Sonida Provides Updates on Acquisition and Capital Allocation Activity   •   American Indian College Fund Awards Three-Year American Indian Law School Scholarship to Jade Araujo to Attend Harvard Law Schoo   •   University of Phoenix Survey on Military Mental Health and Civilian Workforce Transition Experiences Finds Veterans Have Confide   •   ServiceNow unveils new AI-powered capabilities to help improve employee experiences, supercharge talent development, and optimiz   •   Inland Helps Raise Record Amount for Local Annual Charity Walk   •   Sempra Releases Ideas with Energy, 2023 Corporate Sustainability Report   •   Naicatchewenin First Nation, Canada and Ontario reach settlement agreement on Treaty 3 flooding claim   •   E Ink Spectra 6 Wins Display of the Year During 2024 Display Week   •   THE BOB WOODRUFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATES NATURAL DISASTER FUND TO AID MILITARY FAMILIES DISPLACED BY TEXAS FLOODS   •   The Kemper Foundation Opens Fall 2024 Read Conmigo Grant Application Cycle to Bilingual Educators in Dallas, Los Angeles and Mia   •   Advent Technologies Holdings Announces Effective Date of Reverse Stock Split   •   Ministers Rodriguez and Khera hosted a National Air Accessibility Summit   •   Leading Horse Care Brand Farnam and Country Music Trio The Castellows Partner in New Music-Led Campaign “Everything for th   •   The Kemper Foundation Opens Fall 2024 Read Conmigo Grant Application Cycle to Bilingual Educators in Dallas, Los Angeles and Mia   •   ASHA Highlights Need for Increased Understanding and Acceptance This Stuttering Awareness Week   •   1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. Teams Up with USAA Perks to Honor Military Families
Bookmark and Share

Colorful West Indian Day Parade Captures NYC

                           

 
By Black Radio Network staff
 
        BROOKLYN, NY -  Labor Day in New York City's borough of Brooklyn was beautifully sunny and clear while millions watched the 43rd annual West Indian Day Parade, puncuated by a sea of colors as thousands of marchers strolled up Eastern Parkway in their fabulous costumes to bring Caribbean culture to life.
 
        Calypso and reggae beats could he heard everywhere as celebrants from a dozen Caribbean nations wowed the bystanders.  The smell of Caribbean food added to the sensory treat.
 
       Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, thwarted in his bid to become Haiti's president, had scheduled to appear, but the Brooklyn raised artist was a no-show.
 
        New York's Governor and Mayor did appear, along with a host of other politicians.  One of them, State Senator Eric Adams of Brooklyn, the highest-ranking NY elected official descended from the Afro-Caribbean community,  used the ocassion to bash the media for "attempting to remove men of color from power."  "That," he said emphatically, "will not happen."
 
        Because of new restrictions on the length of parades in New York, the West Indian Day Parade was shortened somewhat, but still ignited such passion that one veteran parade watcher observed it probably was one of the Big Apple's biggest and most colorful celebrations.

 



Back to top
| Back to home page
Video

White House Live Stream
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
alsharpton Rev. Al Sharpton
9 to 11 am EST
jjackson Rev. Jesse Jackson
10 to noon CST


Video

LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
WAOK-Urban
Atlanta - WAOK-Urban
KPFA-Progressive
Berkley / San Francisco - KPFA-Progressive
WVON-Urban
Chicago - WVON-Urban
KJLH - Urban
Los Angeles - KJLH - Urban
WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York - WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
WADO-Spanish
New York - WADO-Spanish
WBAI - Progressive
New York - WBAI - Progressive
WOL-Urban
Washington - WOL-Urban

Listen to United Natiosns News