Members of Delta Sigma Theta step in the Black History Parade in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025.
Members of Delta Sigma Theta step in the Black History Parade in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)

Aryana Noroozi

The City of Fontana held a Black History Parade and Exposition on Feb. 22. The parade began in the Home Depot and traveled south on Citrus Avenue towards Summit Avenue, ending on Sierra Lakes Parkway back at the Home Depot parking lot for the annual Expo which included local vendors. Check out the parade through the lens of The Black Voice News.

Participants of Black History Parade cheer at the crowd in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
A participant of Black History Parade poses for a portrait in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
Youth performers march in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
A crowd member waves at a car driving by in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
Azuri and Keisha T. pose for a portrait while watching the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
Performers dance in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
Members of the parade wave at the crowd in the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)
Beverly Stone poses for a portrait while watching the Fontana Black History Parade on February 22, 2025. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News / CatchLight Local)

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.