At noon this Sunday, Atlanta’s streets will be filled with rainbow-colored celebration. It’s the Atlanta Pride Parade.
Dave Hayward was part of the first permitted Pride Parade in Atlanta in 1972. Young Atlantans had tried to have a parade the year before, but the city of Atlanta refused to grant them permits.
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