This year's 17th annual African American History Festival was a lot like those in year's past, an exuberant all-day celebration at Franklin Square at Sixth Street. But it was also new and improved, with a more formal opening Friday night kick-off, and the addition of a pop-up museum adjacent to the grounds that highlighted the history of the Hill neighborhood where the back community has long flourished and prospered. "The festival was a tremendous success!" said Elinor Mount-Simmons, president of H'COLA, the Hillside Coalition of Laborers for Apalachicola, that organizes the event...
