- The Bakersfield Black History Month Parade is happening on February 24, at 21st and V Streets at 10 a.m.
“While we’re celebrating the past and it has its place, I think not getting so stuck in nostalgia and becoming museums for the days of old but creating new exhibits for today.”
Jovon Dangerfield is a local community activist and for him this month is a time to show the next generation how they can make a difference while honoring those before them.
“We’re always thinking we’re doing something new, everybody wants to think they’re the first to do this.. but there’s already been a foundation laid.. a lot of great things that have come about thanks to the great work of people like dee spade. Micheal Bowers… Patrick Jackson,” he said.
Dangerfield believes this month serves as an important opportunity for the youth to jump-start their education on important issues and the culture surrounding them.
Local businessman and leader Nick Hill says this is especially important for Bakersfield.