Thousands of brisk temperature and staining weather on Saturday, 17 February with Fair Ox Boleward, to celebrate the 42nd annual Black History Parade and Festival of Pasadeena, its second year has been returning since Kovid -19.
The theme of the parade this year, “The previous-proclamation-future celebrated The Life and Legacy of Jackie Robinson,” recalled the hometown hero and the civil rights activist who wore 42 numbers when he broke the color of Major League baseball.
The program included local bands, drills and drum teams, community organizations, businesses, local elected officials and closed by a celebration at Robinson Park, while billing, while billing as the largest and longest -run black history parade in southern California.
The procession was led by Celebrity Grand Marshal and award -winning actor Michael Jai White and Gilian Ileana White; Community Grand Marshal Danny Bekewell Jr. and Pastor Emeritus William Turner Jr.; And young Grand Marshal the Queen and Court of the Tournament of Roses.
“It is back to the swing of those things as if it has never left,” Atany and Pasadeena resident Terry Jackson said about the return of the parade. “Last year it was also full and I think it is going to grow, and this is what we need right now.”
Jackson said that he has been going into a parade since a teenager, and said that every year the most striking memory is a pleasure between the crowd and the parade participants.
“This is really a celebration and a blessing, and that’s why I come back every year.”
The incident matches with black history month. Incidents related to the contribution of African Americans sprinkle the region throughout the month.
Black History Month is considered one of the oldest organized history ceremonies in the country, and has been recognized by American presidents through announcements and ceremonies for decades.
This Carter Woodson was the founder of the Association for the Study of African American History, who first came with the idea of the Black History Month.
Woodson, the son of recently freed the Virginia slaves, who had gone from Harvard to earn PhD in history, originally came with the idea of the Negro History Week to encourage black Americans to encourage more interested in their own history and inheritance. Woodson was worried that black children were not being taught about the achievements of their ancestors in American schools in the early 1900s.
“If there is no history of a caste, if it does not have a meaningful tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the view of the world, and it stands in danger of escaping,” Woodson said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.