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Locals honor Black leader at Everett's Nubian Jam
EVERETT — Dozens honored the life of a late leader of the Black community in Snohomish County on Saturday at the annual Nubian Jam Festival in Everett’s Forest Park.
Community members took part in a “second line” procession, a traditional funeral parade that originated in New Orleans, to honor Marylin Quincy, the founder of the Snohomish County Black Heritage Committee. She died June 4, age 81.
DanVonique Bletson-Reed, the president of the heritage committee, said Quincy was its matriarch.
“This was a phenomenal, mighty woman,” Bletson-Reed said in a speech Saturday. “It was just an honor to know her and be able to serve with her for the time I did.”
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/locals-honor-black-leader-at-everetts-nubian-jam/