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Viola Ford Fletcher — known to the world as Mother Fletcher is the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and one of the most powerful living witnesses to America’s suppressed history. Born in 1914, she was only seven years old when mobs burned the prosperous Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, destroying her family’s home, livelihood, and sense of safety in a single night. For nearly a century she carried those memories quietly, but with unshakable clarity the screams, the smoke, the terror in the streets, the planes overhead. When she finally testified before Congress at age 107, her words cut through the nation’s conscience and reignited a global demand for justice and reparations.
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Richard Roundtree, the legendary actor known as the film industry’s first Black superhero, has passed at 81. Roundtree’s transition came after he briefly battled pancreatic cancer.
Pompano Beach Arts was delighted to kick off a brand-new event, The Living Room Concert Series, in front of an appreciative crowd on October 12, 2023, with the soul-stirring, emotion-provoking, sonically pleasing fusion of jazz, funk, and soul sounds of The Harden Project, the core of which is singer/composer/author Ja’Nia Harden and musician/composer/arranger John Harden.
Tyler Perry is going above and beyond his offer to help an elderly South Carolina woman save a plot of land she has called home for decades from being poached by property developers.
Beverly Page, Educator, Published Author, Executive Producer, Entrepreneur of Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker, enjoys finding creative ways during a recent Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker rehearsal to provide cast members with the tools to enhance their mental and physical wellbeing. The Master Class is presented by a former Jones High School graduate (2020) and Senior on the UF Gators Women’s Gymnastics Team. This year they will feature 80 youth participants on stage with the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on November 25th. Michala Magee spent the Saturday morning rehearsal teaching the cast proper techniques to warm up, preparing for the stage, and powerful interactive group discussions.
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