Carma Henry, Author at The Westside Gazette

Black Women are Incarcerated by the crime of poverty

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Black Women are Incarcerated by the crime of poverty […]

We need evidence-based decision making

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

We need evidence-based decision making […]

A Negro League player from Tampa is gone, but he leaves an important legacy behind

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Jackie Robinson’s arrival in Brooklyn in 1947 may have changed the way Major League Baseball looked to outsiders, but it did not change the reality for many African American players in the game. Many remained ignored, marginalized and stuck in baseball’s backlands even as the world assumed the color line had become a relic of bygone days. […]

Defense Department still investigates UFO’s Pentagon spokesman admits

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

While skeptics persist, for years former military personnel, airline pilots and ordinary citizens have argued they have witnessed objects in the sky they argue are “not of this world.” For decades, The Final Call newspaper has published research chronic-ling the existence of what are commonly called UFOs but what the Nation of Islam refers to as IFOs—Identified Flying Objects. […]

Don’t Forget To Leave The Door Open Sis

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Don’t Forget To Leave The Door Open Sis […]

A fighter for youthful offenders, gone to soon

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Dexter Gunn, a Ft. Lauderdale resident, passed on June 4 after suffering a stroke about two weeks earlier […]

God’s wrath manifesting through the forces of nature

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“Watch the weather! Because God doesn’t fight with your cheap weapons! God fights with the forces of nature: rain, hail, snow, wind, drought. He uses the insects and the animals and turns nature against you. You can’t win in a war against God,” Minister Farrakhan has warned consistently. […]

190522-N-DS741-0314 ARABIAN SEA –Aviation Machinist’s

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st Class David Burke, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., assigned to the air department aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), washes an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Grandmasters” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 46 after flight operations. […]

Déjà Vu featuring Exposé Nets $292,830 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Five hundred guests – sporting exceptionally enormous hair, over-the-top sequined attire, gregariously loud makeup and Elton John-like platforms – traveled back in time to the excesses of Studio 54 at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Déjà Vu gala. Déjà Vu, headlined by 80s multi-platinum recording artist Exposé, raised $292,830 in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County. […]

Artist George Gadson Shares Shoes With Habitat for Humanity

June 20, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Sharing history of shoes, transformation of styles, and famous tales of historic heroes and their shoes, Gadson held the audience captive and eager to paint their shoes and tell their story. “Shoes can tell you a lot about a person,” says Mr. George, as he is called when working with children. “What story will your shoes tell?” […]