enabling technologies: PHOTO GALLERY: Families, high school classes join Black and White parade

Saturday, August 3, 2013 | 9:08 p.m. CDT

Caizon Malveaux, 3, rides in a train of cars pulled behind a lawn mower during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith Anna Linzie, Hickman class of '87, throws beads to spectators during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. This is the third time the class of '87 has participated in the event. ??|??Quint Smith From left, Bryce Kimberly, 9, Garrett Kimberly, 8, Chris Young, 11, and Catherine Kimberly, 13, pick up candy thrown from floats during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith From left, Sylvia Jackson, Myra Cason and Tanya Gardner wave at spectators from the back of a truck during the Black and White parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. ??|??Quint Smith Keetra Prince holds her daughter Ziyah Prince, 1, while walking a friend's dog named Diamond during the Black and White Parade through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. Price participated in the parade as part of a family reunion. ??|??Quint Smith The Black and White parade pulled through downtown Columbia as part of the festivities surrounding the 19th Black and White Ball on Saturday. Candy and bead necklaces were some of the things thrown to spectators along the way. ?????Quint Smith

COLUMBIA ? Families and classmates reunited Saturday morning at the Black and White parade where 20 floats wound down Park Street to Douglass Park as spectators caught candy and necklaces.

The Black and White Ball reunites black alumni of Columbia Public Schools. The event is celebrated to maintain the city's tight-knit African-American community. Alumni come from all over the country. The parade was the first event of the weekend.

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