"I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge." - Oprah Winfrey

excitement. Msisimko was the theme of the 34th Annual African American Heritage Festival.

"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"For Africa to me...is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." - Maya Angelou

solidarity; cohesion (the state of sticking together). Solidarity is the theme for this year's 38th Annual African American Heritage Festival. The mantra, "Hand in hand, we stand," will be incorporated throughout the week of the festival!