Energized crowd turns out for Bud Billiken Parade: 'It's the bond. It's the tumbling. It's the food.'

Minutes before the Bud Billiken Parade kicked off Saturday morning, Rosetta Dixon could barely contain her excitement from her spot near the starting line at Martin Luther King Drive and 39th Street in Bronzeville. “It’s just magnificent,” said Dixon, 65, of the West Side, who brought her great nieces along. “It’s the bond. It’s the tumbling. It’s the food. It’s marvelous that we can all come together and just celebrate each other.” There was plenty of joy and fellowship at the South Side parade — now in its 95th year...