African American Day Parade Size:8" x 10" in Times Square in 1908

in Times Square in 1908

while all around them

" 180 feet above the Rotunda floor

History lovers will be captivated by historical New York Times headlines that appear in their original typeface

African American Day Parade Size:8" x 10" in Times Square in 1908Tens of thousands of spectators attended the fourth annual African American Day Parade in Harlem in September of 1972. The four hour event, whose theme was Black unity, featured diverse interest groups, from dancers, bands and drill teams, to veterans associations and the Harlem Institute of Marxist Studies. Times photographer Librado Romero captured this dynamic image of parade performers playing their way up Seventh Avenue.