Many viewed that the discussion – and subsequent momentous pledges – occurred in Queens counts as significant, particularly for Erica Ford, founder of Life Camp, the nonprofit whose goals and methods center on ending gun violence in underserved communities.
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
There are some extraordinary stories in American Black history. Many of which have been buried beneath the tides of time. Lake Martin in Alabama is home to one of those stories.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward’s Swing for Kids’ Sake golf tournament presented by BMW Pembroke Pines raised $94,000 in support of the professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. The tournament, chaired by Big Brothers Big Sisters longtime board member John Corrado, was a sell-out with 144 golfers at the Club at Weston Hills.
The Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 made unprecedented gains in their performance on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination® (NAPLEX®) and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE).
Court documents revealed that the fire, which caused significant damage to the building, was related to the arsons and malicious damage to vehicles that previously occurred on church property and the surrounding area.
On the surface, the stay issued Feb. 7, 2022, in Merrill v. Milligan was procedural. In a 5-4 decision, the justices halted a district court’s injunction that had barred Alabama from using a newly redistricted map in the upcoming 2022 elections. The Supreme Court will hear the full case in its next term starting in the fall, with the ruling due by the end of June 2023 – after this year’s midterm elections.
Justin Fairfax is only the second Black elected official to win an election statewide in Virginia. L. Douglas Wilder, who was elected Lt. Governor of Virginia in 1985 and Governor in 1989, was the first.
BRANTLEY Funeral services for the late Lamont Brantley – 43 were held February 12th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Johnny Boynton officiating. FINKLIN…
HAMILTON Funeral services for the late Dr. Edwin Harvey Hamilton – 91 were held February 2nd at First Baptist Fort Lauderdale. LANIER Funeral services for the…
“Frederick McKinley Jones was a prolific early 20th century Black inventor who helped to revolutionize both the cinema and refrigeration industries. Over his lifetime, he patented more than sixty inventions in divergent fields with forty of those patents in refrigeration. He is best known for inventing the first automatic refrigeration system for trucks.