Radio 103.9 WNBM To Parade In Harlem

NYC Radio -- Cumulus Media announces that Urban-formatted Radio 103.9/WNBM is the official radio station and sponsor of the 46th Annual African American Day Parade to be held on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. between 111th and 136th Streets in Harlem. This year’s parade will honor the African American business community by showcasing and celebrating its accomplishments and positive contributions to the African American community and society at large.

Tom Joyner

Tom Joyner of Radio 103.9’s The Tom Joyner Morning Show is a Grand Marshal for the parade.

Other grand marshals include: Henry (Hank) Carter of the Wheelchair Charities, Inc.; Melba Wilson, owner of Melba’s Restaurant; Pat Stevenson, publisher of Harlem News Group Inc.; Clifford James, President and CEO of Unity Funeral Chapels, Inc.; and Robert Horsford, President and COO of Apex Building Group. Assemblyman Keith Wright will host his annual African American Day Parade Breakfast.

Mr. Carl E. Heastie, the first African American to be elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly, will be among the participants. He will join Ms. Hazel Dukes, a longtime civil rights activist and a leader in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and 11-year-old Amari Avery, two-time World Amateur Golf Champion and the reigning Southern California Junior PGA Tour Champion.

The parade will kick off with the Lincoln University Marching Band from Oxford, Pennsylvania. More than 200 organizations and bands are participating in this year’s parade, comprising the largest cross-section of organizations from throughout the country.