The event will honor civil rights activists Willie Mims and Frances Green, County Supervisor Federal Glover, Shaman Wright, founder of Bridge Builders of the New Generation, as well as the late Regigie Moore, first Black Antioch councilman, and the late Dietra King, a business leader and founder of Hearts Realty and Dad's BBQ.
Antioch was predominately White until the mid-1990s and now is the second most racially diverse city in the Bay Area, with 2% of its residents Black.
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