Cheerleaders perform at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza in San Bernardino, California on January 19, 2026.
Cheerleaders perform at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza in San Bernardino, California on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)

Aryana Noroozi

Community members gathered for the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza in Downtown San Bernardino. The parade was hosted by the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce. Check out the parade through the lens of Black Voice News.

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Participants drive through the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)
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Participants drive through the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)
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Participants dance at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)
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Members of San Bernardino High School’s Air Force Jr. ROTC march at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)
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Cajon High School’s cheer squad marches at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (Aryana Noroozi for Black Voice News/ CatchLight Local)
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Participants march at the 2026 Martin Luther King Parade Extravaganza on January 19, 2026. (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.