Aryana Noroozi
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San Bernardino’s Black History Parade and celebration continued to serve as a powerful reminder of community and culture this year. The parade that began on Baseline Ave. and Mt. Vernon to California Street and concluded at Arroyo Valley High School with a celebration featuring local vendors.
A group of attendees and participants of the parade who drove their classic cars expressed their gratitude for the sense of community that the parade fosters each year.
They emphasized that residents should show up, not only for the parade itself, but for the broader community it represents, and in support of local businesses and organizations participating in the celebration.
“We appreciate all the supporters, all the people on the side showing up,” said parade participant Bobby Lewis. “It’s just important for our community to stay, to stick together.”
Black Voice News photojournalist Aryana Noroozi was born in San Diego, California and graduated with a master’s degree from The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her love for visual storytelling led her to document immigrant and deportee communities and those struggling with addiction. She was a 2020 Pulitzer Center Crisis Reporting Fellow and a GroundTruth Project Migration Fellow. She is currently a CatchLight/Report for America corps member employed by Black Voice News. You can learn more about her at aryananoroozi.com. You can email her at aryana@blackvoicenews.com.
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