Harlem Light Parade returns with Korey Wise as grand marshal
By Alex Mitchell
alex.mitchell@amny.com
Harlem will shine a little
brighter this holiday season
when the uptown neighborhood’s
26th annual holiday
lights are plugged in Thursday,
Nov. 20.
Called “Harlem Light It Up,” a
parade of lights will march down
125th Street from Morningside
Avenue and on with plenty
of more festive fun planned
throughout the day.
Manhattan Community
Boards 9 and 10 selected three
grand marshals for that bright
parade:
Korey Wise — One of the
exonerated “Central Park Five,”
who is now known from the Netflix
series “When They See Us.”
Wise is also a public speaker and
social justice activist, who has
risen to prominence since he
and four others were acquitted
and released from prison for a
crime that they did not commit.
Laiona Michelle — An actor,
singer, and writer who made
her Broadway debut in the 2015
musical “Amazing Grace,” who
recently broke box-office records
at the George Street Playhouse
with her performance as Nina
Simone, in “Little Girl Blue”
(which she wrote and starred in).
She’s also now writing on a new
musical headed for Broadway in
2020, based on the life of Nelson
Mandela.
Leah Abraham — An Ethiopian
American entrepreneur who
brings “a dynamic multi-cultural
foundation to everything she
does,” organizers say, and has
been a driving force to bring successful
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business into the Harlem
community. Abraham has found
numerous ways to give back to
the neighborhood through her
passionate commitment to the
business she has helped establish,
Settepani Restaurant.
This year’s Parade of Lights
will have a caravan of 10 floats
– each sponsored by a Harlem
community organization, local
political leaders, community
boards, as well as members of
the local businesses community.
“The participation this year
has hit a new high,” said Barbara
Askins, CEO of the 125th Business
Improvement District. “The
historic community of Harlem
deserves the kind of attention
that is often relegated to the
downtown communities.”
The light parade’s rain date is
Monday, Nov. 25.
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