In 1997, Pasadena Police Officer Rodney D. Wallace, held the first Black History Month luncheon in a conference room at the Pasadena Police Department. The lunch was small, as was the turn out – but it was a first step. Twenty-three years later, on February 20th, in a large hall inside of the Robinson Park Recreation Center, Wallace watched as a couple hundred of people showed up for what was now the Annual Black History Breakfast. This year’s event had guest speakers, pancakes being made by the Pasadena Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 809, live dancing, raffles and a litany…