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Feature
Newsworthy Events That Took Place In 2019
PART II
APRIL
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The family of a 53-year-old man has reported him as a missing person. He was last seen in February.
According to the Tampa Police Department, Fred Black left home around noon on February 9th to walk to the barbershop. A barber at Bar- ber’s International, 10509 N. Nebraska Avenue, confirmed that Black had visited the business, gotten his hair cut, and left the shop.
Members of Positive Im- ages, led by Marvin Knight, were planning their annual fundraiser to financially help St. Peter Claver Catholic School. The group was putting the final touches on “Jazzin At The Italian Club.”
Reconstruction: Amer- ica After The Civil War, a new four-hour documentary produced and hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., premiered. Professor Gates was the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Har- vard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
A popular Tampa man died on April 3rd, following a seizure. Mr. Paul Benjamin Paul Smalls, III, was 68-
years-old. A native of Braden- ton, Mr. Smalls was the son of Mrs. Quilla Mae Smalls, and the late Benjamin Paul Smalls, II.
The local Legends Hon- ored at the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Game were: Attorney Car- olyn House Stewart, Wanda Guyton, Dr. Judy Genshaft, and Gwen Miller.
The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida (GSWCF) hosted its 28th Annual Women of Distinction luncheon. The 2019 Women of Distinc- tion honorees were: Dore Beach, Arlene DiBenigno, Rita Lowman and Terri Lipsey Scott. The 2019 Woman of Promise, a de- serving young woman under the age of 40, is Rachel May Zysk.
Senator Arthenia Joyner, the 2019 Hall of Fame inductee, is a deserving past Woman of Distinction, who continues to serve her community.
A young entrepreneur,
Ms. Sherrell Sampson,
created and launched a natu- ral hair product called, Can- viiy.
Mr. Robert P. Blount, III, was cho-
sen as the
Joyce Rus-
sell Kente
Awards
Community
Leader
and Dr. Ernest Boger was
the Joyce Russell Kente Alumni Award recipient.
Rashad Abdule Riley,
40, died
while swim-
ming in
Hawaii. He
and his wife,
Mrs. Myra
D. Riley,
had gone to Hawaii to attend a wedding.
A Tampa native and mem- ber of the Santa Monica Police Department, Riley was the son of Carolyn Plummer Riley, and Rudolph Riley, Sr.
Voters selected former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor as the incoming
Mayor for the City of Tampa. Three City Council seats were also part of the
runoff. Orlando Gudes de- feated Jeffrey Rhodes in District 5; Joseph Citro de- feated Walter L. Smith, II, in the District 2 runoff; and John Dingfelder won over Stephen Lytle in District 3.
A Tampa native, Mrs. Miriam Johnson Brown, 60, died suddenly. Mrs. Brown was the first local Black Manager of a Burger King Restaurant.
MAY
James Hammond, a popular icon who served as a pioneer en- trepreneur, passed. Mr. Hammond passed on May 1st, at the age of 89. His pioneering spirit led him to serve as the first or among the first African Americans to reach milestones in the City of Tampa that included his being one of the first African Ameri- can licensed Electrical Con- tractors in Hillsborough County. He was the founder of
Hammond Electric Company. Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan announced punishment for ten officers in- volved in a body camera inter- nal investigation. Three officers have been terminated, 7 others received various forms of discipline and 1 offi- cer was cleared of any wrong-
doing.
Mrs. Pat Frank, Clerk of the Hillsborough County Cir- cuit Court, Decides Not To Seek Re-Election. She had served in the position for 16 years. The 89-year-old said she was not retiring, but planned to do other things.
The Tampa Chapter of The Links, Inc., installed new offi- cers to lead the organization through 2021.
The new (and re-elected) officers were: Marsha Lewis Brown, President; Sonjia Little, Membership Vice- President; the Honorable Julie Sneed, Programming Vice-President; Bianca Tay- lor-Heard, Recording Secre- tary; Kimberly Price, Assistant Recording Secretary; Monique Stamps, Corre- sponding Secretary; Stephanie Howell, Treas- urer; Marketa Wills, Assis- tant Treasurer; Rhonda Mims, Financial Secretary; Dr. Sharon Andrews- Gray, Assistant Financial Sec- retary.
Michelle Alexandre was chosen as the
new Dean at
Stetson Law
School. Ale-
xandre,
who was an
Associate
Dean at the
University of Mississippi’s School of Law, is the first African-American to hold the esteemed position following a nationwide search.
Michael Lee was featured as the General Manager of Mercedes-Benz, of Wesley Chapel.
Professionally, known as
Trey Daniels, Hosea L. Daniels, III, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hosea L. (Ardra) Daniels, Jr., is a professional Saxo- phonist. He performed profes-
sionally in Tampa for the first time during his Evolve Tour at The Regent HCC, Riverview.
Ms. Tamara Sham- burger, Chairperson of the Hillsborough County School Board, dispelled rumors about the sale of Blake High School. Ms. Shamburger assured the community that the school was in no danger of being sold.
JUNE
In 1921, the Greenwood community of Tulsa, Okla- homa, became the scene of one of the most horrific inci- dents of racial violence in the United States.
A stage play about Black Wall Street and the race riot was showcased in Tampa as part of the Juneteenth Festi- val. The play was written by Florida playwright Hattie Balbuena.
The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority un- veiled a statue of football standout, Lee Roy Selmon in an area in downtown Tampa known as Selmon Greenway. Selmon was the first player drafted by the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976. That year, he was also the overall first player drafted by the National Football League (NFL).
Selmon died Sept. 4, 2011, following complications from a massive stroke 2 days earlier.
Mrs. Rosemary Buchanan decided to retire as a member of the Hillsbor- ough County School District. Mrs. Buchanan served her entire career at Middleton High School, where she at- tended, graduated from, and then had an opportunity to re- turn to as an educator.
Mayor Jane Castor named Ms. Sonya C. Little, City of Tampa Chief Financial Officer, and former City Coun-
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