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Meristem and friends lead the Parade as the first honorary Grand Marshals. The first theme, “Together With Pride” was printed on a souvenir bandana. It was a long route, all the way from Madison and McNeil to Peabody and Cooper. All three of these individuals would figure in other Pride celebrations. The committee chair was Vincent Astor with secretary John Prowett and treasurer Tommy Simmons. There were no formal officers elected until the charter was received in June. The rationale was that some people will come to a March but everybody loves a Parade. The 1994 event is significant as it was the first event planned as a Parade. As more details become available, we will add them to the timeline.
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Davin Clemons and rebranded as "Tri-State Pride". In 2018, Memphis Black Pride was passed down to Dr.
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"Memphis Black Pride" was founded by Terrell Buckner who produced first Memphis Black Pride celebration somewhere in the mid-to-late 1990s. Just over 800 people attended the first event to call themselves a “Black Pride”. Welmore Cook, Theodore Kirkland and Ernest Hopkins, founders of DC Black and Lesbian Gay Pride Day as it was called in 1991, wanted to continue what had become a tradition in the Black LGBT community buy adding an important consideration – they were going to raise funds for organizations who provided services to Blacks/African Americans affected by and infected with HIV/AIDS, and disseminate important HIV/AIDS prevention information to attendees of the “Black Pride” event. The Club House closed its doors in 1991 in part due to the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS was having on the staff. Most of the Children’s Hour festivities were held in a Black gay frequented bar called the Club House that was very popular from the 70’s to its closing in the early 90’s. In 1991, a group of Black gay men and women in Washington, DC decided to take advantage of an annual Memorial Day weekend gathering called the “Children’s Hour”.