African American Day Parade featured-custom-gifts Code named Operation Overlord

Code named Operation Overlord

Emblazoned with The Times's logo stacked on three lines

including Mike Sando and Dan Pompei

"That was one fantastic ride

African American Day Parade featured-custom-gifts Code named Operation OverlordTens 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.