Carma Henry, Author at The Westside Gazette

Commissioner Barbara Jordan delays vote on Formula 1 Ordinance

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Hard Rock Stadium and Formula 1 Grand Prix organizers were forced to pump the breaks today on solidifying their plans for a May 2021 Grand Prix race in Miami Gardens. By invoking the Four-Day Rule, District 1 Commissioner Barbara Jordan delayed a crucial vote at today’s regular meeting of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. The second reading of an ordinance Commissioner Jordan sponsored that would revise zoning regulations related to the stadium district and require approval after public hearing for automotive races, is now scheduled for Wednesday, February 19, 2020. […]

America’s first Black vote was cast in New Jersey

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Just under a month later the first African American vote was cast in Perth Amboy, N.J. on March 31, 1870 by Thomas Mundy Peterson. […]

Lonnie Johnson Super Soaker creator awarded $72.9M from Hasbro

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The Atlanta-based company behind the Super Soaker water gun and Nerf toy guns have been awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from toymaker Hasbro Inc., according to the law firm King & Spalding. […]

Black History Month

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Black History Month originated in 1915, about 50 years after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. […]

The Unveiling of the Black Excellence Library and Computer Lab at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church

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On February 3, 2020, the community celebrated the unveiling of the new computer lab and library on the 4th floor of the New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale. Students have access to the new space and free tutoring every Monday of the school year from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. […]

Positivity Pays presents Black History Month Trading Cards

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Black History Month Trading Cards […]

Museum of Discovery and Science hosted the Second Annual Broward Youth Climate Summit

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(January 30, 2020)- Broward County Public Schools middle and high school students joined for the Second Annual Broward Youth Climate Summit, hosted for the first time at the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS). […]

THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES

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THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES […]

Black History Spotlights Eleanor Roosevelt

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By Don Valentine This is a new segment the Westside Gazette will feature thru the end of February. That is the conclusion of Black History Month. Hopefully it will educate or jog your memory […]

New Creation Baptist Church of Christ continues legacy of love in word and deed

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“For the invisible things of him from the ‘creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20) […]