{"id":12025,"date":"2025-11-18T18:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/black-history-parade-market-celebration\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:36:46","slug":"black-history-parade-market-celebration","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/black-history-parade-market-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK HISTORY PARADE &amp; MARKET CELEBRATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1578315870\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-205 \" id=\"em-event-1578315870\" data-view-id=\"1578315870\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BLACK-HISTORY-PARADE-MARKET-CELEBRATION.png' alt='BLACK 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