Crowd celebrates Allentown park’s renaming to honor mentor, local legend

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The name of a Black barber hailed as a pillar of his community now graces the park where he made his legend.

Allentown City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a measure to rename Valania Park after Clyde Bosket Sr., a master barber who died in October 2023 at the age of 94.

The city on Thursday held a ceremony at Clyde E. Bosket Sr. Park to hang the new signs and honor Bosket…

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