 Singleton was a father to seven children including Justice, Maasai, Hadar, Cleopatra, Selenesol, Isis and Seven Singleton.    In addition to Boyz N the Hood, which received two Oscar nominations, Singleton also directed classic films and shows like Poetic Justice, Baby Boy, Four Brothers, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Billions and many others.
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
  The World Bank classifies nations where people earn $2.73 per day or more as middle-income countries (MICs), even though this arbitrary claim is entirely out of touch with reality. Few people would be able to survive, let alone have any income for shelter and healthcare on such a meager budget â roughly the cost of a cup of coffee in a wealthy country.
Itâs about to get a whole lot quieter in Fort Lauderdale! The City received outstanding news regarding the Brightline (Virgin Trains USA) quiet zone, an initiative designed to eliminate the use of train horns along the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) corridor in Broward County. Late yesterday, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) informed the City that construction work on the quiet zone has been completed.
     Saturday was a day of âfirstsâ and ânew beginningsâ for the Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital effort as the projectâs board of directors honored 13 physicians and healthcare advocates in the first class of Collins Chapel Healthcare Legacy Awards.
    During Holy Week, I was excited about the choices I had to worship in celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Christ. For the first time in my ministry, I did not have a waiting congregation to hear of the victory of Resurrection Morning. I retired from pastoring in 2018 and now I am free to worship wherever the Holy Spirit leads me.
The purpose of the African American Business Project is to promote African American economic independence and empowerment in the United States for present and future African American generations.
    Our faith is being tested at every movement of the second hand on our clocks.
âAs we continue to gather information in our internal investigation, I have decided to change the deputiesâ status from restricted administrative
    Broward Sheriff Gregory Tonyâs planned meeting on Saturday with members of Broward County Black Elected Officials and other community leaders was intended to be another opportunity for him to get better acquainted and hear their concerns. But, a Black teenagerâs rough arrest by deputies in a local McDonaldâs parking lot on Thursday, and a widely shared video of it, put a test on the young relationship.
  Several community leaders, clergy and parents have been extremely outspoken concerning the conduct of these deputies who are shown on video pepper-spraying, body slamming and punching students and forcefully smashing one face into the asphalt. This all occurred at a McDonaldâs restaurant near J.P. Taravella High school. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony recently stated he would have a âthorough investigationâ concerning the deputies response to this situation.