PENN Funeral services for the late Laydia Sheree Penn were held September 17th at Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Annette L. Barr, officiating. SHEPHARD Funeral services…
Author: Carma Henry
Carma Henry
Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s resilient quest in the fight for Black liberation is being commemorated through the creation of monuments throughout the country. The latest statue honoring the trailblazer has risen in Maryland, WMAR-TV reported.
Dr. Jerutha Victoria Williams Ford was born on July 4, 1932, to the late Paul and late Elizabeth Williams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she attended Dillard Elementary, Junior and High School.
Acclaimed pianist Kris Nicholson will provide a free concert to honor the late Fort Lauderdale pioneer and esteemed lifelong educator, Ruth Taylor Giles, who passed on June 13. Nicholson will play at 4 p.m., on October 1, Giles’s 99th birthday.
The Shubert Organization, Inc. officially dedicated and revealed the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre (138 West 48th Street), formerly the Cort Theatre, in honor of the iconic multi-award-winning American actor. The dedication ceremony follows a $47 million restoration and expansion of the building.
The government had determined the predominate Black area as the best place for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), a toxin that increases the rates of various cancers.
The mighty women of the Agojie were warriors. From the 1600s to1800s in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey this all-female military regiment gallantly fought their empire’s enemies.
When Paolo Gilleran’s classmate sent him a post advertising the NFL’s Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative, he immediately began piecing together how he could participate in what he describes as a “once in a lifetime opportunity.”
In fact, fans questioned whether any historically Black SWAC or Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team, play a larger Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program, such as LSU or Rice University, at all.
Ben Joseph, Jr., of Flanagan High School in Miramar, is the first selection for the 2022 school year. Ben is a junior defensive back with the Falcons and in spite of a disappointing loss to rival Cypress Bay last week, had a tremendous performance with 3 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 pass break ups and 1 INt. The lithe 6’1”, 170 pound corner combines speed, quickness, tenacity, knowledge of opponent’s offensive tendencies and toughness to compete on the highest level