Tallahassee's yearly city-wide celebration of Black History happened on Saturday at Cascades Park.
Musical performances during the day-long event included the Rickards High School drumline. Also on stage were: Tallahassee-bred musician and producer Darryl Tookes and Friends, the RAA (RAW) Steel Band, A Few Good Fellas and Tallahassee Nights Live.
There were also lots of food trucks and information booths. One of them was staffed by Errol Wilson. He's the assistant dean of education at Florida A&M University. He says happenings like this are critical for promoting a sharing and appreciation of heritage and culture.
"That's really important, especially at this current time a lot of our history is being removed from the educational process. So it helps with our self-esteem, development and maintenance."
Even the word "Harambee" captures that concept. Harambee is a Kenyan tradition of community self-help events. The word means "all pull together" in Swahili,
