Author: Carma Henry

     New Mount Olive Baptist Church, 400 Northwest Ninth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will host the 44th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Service on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 4 p.m. The service will be sponsored by the Zeta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Donzella Washington, an 80-year old woman from Alabama, is celebrating being the oldest person to ever graduate from Alabama A&M University. Even more, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.69 GPA with a degree in social work. She dedicated her achievement to her late husband who she says had always been supportive of her.

Both born during the peak of the great land boom in South Florida, the friendship and camaraderie of “Beau” and “Honey Bunch” have spanned for decades. This friendship has given the two of them countless cherished memories.

       NFL football player Eddie Jackson gave away bikes, scooters and helmets to kids in his hometown (Lauderdale Lakes). The giveaway took place at Vincent Torres Memorial Park on 12/23/19.

There were multiple Taxidermy Wall Mounts that were deer heads on the wall. When I walked in I saw a cat. I thought it was a statue. However, when the cat moved my heart dropped. The cat looked at me and then it moved! I was scared out of my mind, but after that happened I was looking around.

       The holidays are here. Last week Wednesday my niece had a Christmas show at her school. They danced to a Spanish song that is played around the holiday time  called Mi Burrito Sabanero.

Broward Health was a key sponsor at the Winterfest Boat Parade on Dec. 14, 2019.

“These kids are amazing, and thanks to Tyler Perry building one of the world’s largest film studios, over 80 percent of the kids now want to build and own their own broadcasting & filmmaking studio as well as create content for their generation. I let them know that the sky used to be the limit but now it is just the starting point of their super successful lives.

Sydney Wilson, the youngest student admitted to Spelman College, has recently achieved another milestone as she ended the first semester as a college student with a 3.76 GPA, making it to the Dean’s list.

Salute Selma, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, wants you to join us on sacred grounds as we commemorate the sacrifices and successes of black women from around the country for Selma’s 55th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 during the Annual Bridge Crossing Commemoration. We want to show the world that our voices matter and will be heard. While celebrating for the first time in history, black women leading this Historic Reenactment March Across Edmund Pettus Bridge!