Pittsburgh’s African American Heritage Day Parade is no more

THE START OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY PARADE IN MANCHESTER IN 2018. THE COURIER HAS LEARNED THE PARADE WILL BE DISCONTINUED. Funding cut, but memories will remain over its more than 30 years in operation & You name the Black organization, and somehow, someway, they had an involvement with the African American Heritage Day Parade, which had been in existence since Harvey Adams and Doris M. Carson started it all in 1987, but as of 2024, is no more. THE LATE HARVEY ADAMS, LEFT, IS CREDITED WITH CO-FOUNDING THE PARADE ALONG WITH THE LATE DORIS M. CARSON. CARSON’S DAUGHTER, DORIS CARSON WILLIAMS, IS PICTURED. The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that the collective of people who are in charge of making the mostly-annual parade happen have decided not to move further with it. “We have had the parade in a variety of venues,” said Richard Morris, one of the three front-facing members of the volunteer committee that puts on the African American Heritage Day Parade, in an exclusive conversation with the Courier, Feb. 19. “We felt at this particular time that it was necessary for us to, (No. 1), begin to support the Juneteenth parade instead of having...