The Courier of Montgomery County reports that the grand marshal for this Saturday’s Project Hope Black History Parade and Celebration in Conroe will be Willis High School head football coach Trent Miller. He sucessfully coached the Wildcats to a district record of 8-0 and an overall record for the season of 12-1.
At noon Saturday, the parade will get underway in Conroe’s south side downtown. Washington High School will have an awards ceremony following the parade.
The parade memorializes Leon Tolbert Jr. Chairman of the parade, Walter Milo, said Tolbert was on the Black History Month parade commission. In Conroe, he coached Little League Football for several years.
In Conroe, since he was a kid, Tolbert played for Booker T. Washington High School, a black high school until schools in Conroe became integrated. In the sixties, he was part of two-state championship wins for the school.
Entrants in the parade get in line along FM 2854. It starts at FM 2854 and Frazier Street. Crossing Frasier Street, the parade keeps going in front of Heritage Place Park, then along Metcalf Street, and next making a right turn to go onto Pacific Street.
From Pacific Street paraders take a left on Avenue A and make a right turn onto First Street. The parading group makes its last turn onto MLK Jr. Boulevard and finishes up at Washington High School on MLK in Conroe.
