This year’s Umoja Festival was “fire.”
by Susan Fried
A little drizzle didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the thousands of people who showed up for the annual Umoja Fest, Africatown Heritage Festival & Parade on Saturday, Aug. 5. The two-day festival has been a part of Seafair weekend for decades, and there has been an annual parade in the community for 70 years.
This year’s parade featured one of the original members of the Seattle Black Panther Party, Elmer Dixon, as the Grand Parade Marshall. Over 40 groups…
