{"id":345647,"date":"2026-09-13T16:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345647\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:04:09","slug":"schomburg-center-holds-preview-of-2026-african-american-day-parade-on-saturday-in-harlem-honors-apollo-theater-with-plaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345647\/","title":{"rendered":"Schomburg Center holds preview of 2026 African American Day Parade on Saturday in Harlem; honors Apollo Theater with plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A preview event was held on Saturday that included a discussion with this year&#8217;s parade marshals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789315449_332_origin-wabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 13, 2026 3:29PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) &#8212; There&#8217;s less than a week until the African-American Day Parade kicks off in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Schomberg Center held a preview event Saturday night where there was a discussion with parade marshals and a plaque presentation to the Apollo Theater-an honoree at this year&#8217;s parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This parade brings us together,&#8221; said Yusuf Hasan, chairman of the African American Day Parade. &#8220;We shine the light on the brightest and the best of our community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Festivities start on Sept. 19. The main event is Sept. 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">ABC7\/WABC-TV is a proud community partner for the parade. You can watch the live stream beginning at 12:30 p.m. on abc7NY.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A preview event was held on Saturday that included a discussion with this year&#8217;s parade marshals. Sunday, September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[129446,128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-345647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-129446","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}