http://www.gothamist.com/2007/01/23/west_indian_car.php All comments for West Indian Day Parade Founder Carlos Lezama Dies en-us 2007 design_jill Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:26:27 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jpriluck@earthlink.net jpriluck@earthlink.net 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/01/23/west_indian_car.php#comment-993506 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/01/23/west_indian_car.php#comment-993506 Comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:19:56 -0500 <p>Actually after checking the history of the parade on the organization's website, it turns out that he wasn't the founder he was the President Emeritus. "During the 1960's, another Trinidadian - Rufus Goring, brought Carnival to Brooklyn. In 1967, Goring passed the reigns over to Carlos Lezama, who later became president of WIADCA and who nurtured the organization."</p>