Author: Carma Henry

    Less than a year after Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams became the first Black officer to command the United States Military Academy and two years after Simone Askew became the first Black woman to lead the Corps of Cadets, West Point will graduate its largest ever class of Black women later this month, when 32 women cross the stage.

Solomon “RC” Ali has been helping minorities convert ideas to capital, and now his smart home tech company is funding churches

A Mother’s LOVE Award Reception & Celebration

The Westside Gazette Newspaper is honored to feature these contributions made by local students in our Jr. Photojournalism Program.

Circle House Coffee and the Stephen Tulloch Foundation donated $1,000 to North Fork Elementary. The check was accepted by Principal Rendolyn Williams-Amaker.

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Michael Ford, right, from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, assigned to the deck department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), leads fellow deck Sailors in training for sea and anchor evolutions in the ship’s forecastle.

Dear Friends,

The road to entrepreneurship is a long one, but once there, the ability to maintain can be just as hard if not harder. The Anderson family, founders of Symphony Chips, pride themselves on working together to sustain their business and continue their growth. Dondre Anderson and his two daughters, Amina and Amari, have gone through several obstacles to get to where they are today.

This is the largest class of the program in seven years at the college. They will be hired immediately to teach third grade in Duval County Public Schools. There are only two percent of Black male teachers in public schools in Florida.

       Review in your mind the cornucopia of positive preventive gun initiatives the N.R.A. has done?  Oh, you did not find any. That is because the next time they do will be the first time they do!