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Bucs’ Quarterback, Jameis Winston Is Going To Be A Dad
Soon-to-be parents, Breion Allen and Jameis Winston
On Sunday, Jameis Winston shared news on Instagram on Super Bowl Sunday. The news is he is going to become a father. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback posted a video from a Gender Reveal party with his girlfriend, Breion Nicole Allen, and said, “So blessed and humbled that now there is a life coming that I must protect, inspire and influence everyday.
This is motivation for excellence in every way!”
Jameis and Breion shared the exciting news that they will
be welcoming a baby boy into the world.
NAACP Freedom Banquet Sets Records Under New Leadership
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Thursday, February 8th, members of the community will gather at the Hilton Tampa Downtown for the Hillsbor- ough County National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Ban- quet. This marks a milestone for the organization —- its 100th Anniversary.
This year, the Banquet Chairperson is newly elected President Yvette Lewis. Joe Robinson, Second Vice President, is the Co-Chairper- son. In addition to the new leadership, for the first time in its history, the NAACP will hold it during Black History Month.
As the final preparations are being made, Ms. Lewis said, “I feel really good about the way Hillsborough County has embraced the new leadership. I am truly humbled and grateful that they have allowed me to be the voice and to speak for them
MS. YVETTE LEWIS Hillsborough County Branch NAACP President
on Civil Rights issues.
“This is the largest dinner
we’ve had so far, and we’re pleased that the community has responded. We are hon- ored to continue to recognize the unsung heroes in our com- munity once again.”
Joe Robinson said, “Under our new leadership, we have set new records for this dinner. We have raised the most money and the attendance is well over
JOE ROBINSON Hillsborough County Branch NAACP Second Vice President
700 people.
“It shows that by working to-
gether as a team, we are the new and improved NAACP, which means we are truly rela- tive, steadfast, and immov- able.”
The theme for the event is,
“Steadfast and Immov- able.” Attorney Tom Scar- ritt, Jr., is this year’s Honorary Chairman.
Rev. Larry J. Mouton,
Jr., Senior Pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church will deliver the keynote address.
Award Recipients Michael Dozier has been chosen as the recipient of the Living Bridges Award. This award is presented to an individual who has dedicated years of time and energy to the community. He or she has con- sistently worked to improve the community alone and in
conjunction with others.
Six community members have been selected as recipi- ents of the “Unsung Hero Award.” They are as follows: Ms. Mary M. James, W. E. B. DuBose Unsung Hero Award; Thaddeus Bullard, Rev. Hosea Williams Un- sung Hero Award; and Pastor Tom Jones, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., Unsung Hero Award.
Ms. Connie Burton is the recipient of the Fannie Lou Hamer Unsung Hero Award.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and philanthropist.
Businesses Honored
Two local businesses will
be awarded the Madame C. J. Walker Unsung Hero Award. The recipients are Rechi Butler and Carl “Ice Cream” Waltower.
It’s Beginning
The National Association for the Advancement of Col- ored People, (NAACP), was es- tablished in February 1909 in New York City. Its founders, an interracial group of activists, created the organization to ad- dress issues pertaining to peo- ple of color, partially in response to the 1908 Spring- field race riot in Illinois.
Its members included:
Mary White Ovington, Henry Moskowitz, William English Walling, Oswald Garrison Villard, along with African Americans W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida Wells Barnett, Archibald Grimke and Mary Church Terrell.
In February 1917, W. E. B. Du Bois came to Tampa to or- ganize the Tampa Branch. He signed up 110 members, and its first president was Daniel W. Perkins, Esq.
For more information, con- tact the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP at (813) 234- 8683.
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