Author: 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

    On March 11th & 12, 2023, the 16th Annual Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) Music Festival will showcase the depth and diversity of some of South Florida’s most talented artists with an exciting home-grown artist lineup just announced. Local acts performing on the 2nd stage include 2016 JITG alums April RaQuel and Lavie, along with 2018 JITG alum Ronnie, the VOP – produced and backed up by Miami’s most popular R&B band, Jody Hill and the Deep-Fried Funk Band.

The John Marshall Justices of Richmond’s John Marshall High School are, once again, number one in the nation and undefeated. Yes, Virginia, the best high school basketball team in America is on their way to another round of playoffs that may result in another national championship.

Alexandria, Virginia, On Feb. 22, 2023  the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is going nationwide to help solve a decades-old infant abduction mystery out of Atlanta. To generate fresh leads in the missing case of Raymond Green, NCMEC is partnering with national digital video network GSTV to spotlight Raymond’s case on screens across the country.

Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of a pair of bills to commemorate the life and legacy of African American Mess Attendant Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mess Attendant Miller manned an anti-aircraft gun and downed enemy planes, despite the fact that the racially segregated steward’s branch of the Navy was not trained to use anti-aircraft guns. Congressman Mfume’s bills seek to award the Medal of Honor and a Congressional Gold Medal to Mess Attendant Miller.

  President Biden continuously stands before the American people issuing solemn, yet hollow lamentations about saving the soul of our Nation. Despite 246 years of enslaving Black people, one hundred years of Jim Crow, and countless amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Black people continue to suffer discrimination and injustices.

   The Black race in America should be more afraid than any other ethnic group. We are the ones getting shot by law enforcers, we’re the ones with the worst water systems, the most unaffordable housing, the grocery and pharmacy deserts, the poorest schools, and the highest health care costs.